Record ID: LIN-C44478
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy seal matrix dating to the Modern period (c. AD 1750 -1850). The matrix is rectangular with a tapering four sided handle, surmounted with a spherical knop, a rounded collar, and a circular suspension loop with a crimped top knop. The engraved matrix bears the legend: GOD SPEED / THE above the image of a plough, all of which are probably stamped. Several similar excamples have been recorded on the PAS database: HESH-44A6D6; NLM-CB5A81 and NLM-BA7EA2. The overall dimensions are as follows: 26.41mm in length, 14.97mm in width, 12.83mm in thickness and 9.13g in weight.
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 10th August 2017
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Record ID: DUR-1C021B
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete modern copper alloy thimble made by the deep drawing method and machine knurled. This would suggest a post 1800 date (E.F. Holmes Datasheet 9). This object is sub-conical with a diamet of 13.53mm at the top increasing to 16.21mm at the base. The base has been severely damaged so there is no evidence of a turned in rim. The object is similar to BH-CAF21D
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
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Record ID: DUR-1B5D88
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete modern white metal open topped thimble. This object is sub conical in shape with an open top, it has been flattened causing two splits in the top edge. It has been produced by deep drawingand is machine knurled. It has a 2.75mm plain band and a turned over rim at the base. This would suggest a post 1800 date. (E.F. Holmes data sheet 9) Weight 3.8g, length 22.81mm, width 20.59mm reducing to 16.92mm at the apex, thickness 0.96mm
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
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Record ID: DUR-19E172
Object type: WALKING STICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold walking cane ferrule dating from the late 19th century. Description: The ferrule is made from thin sheet gold and has a stamped design in relief of foliate scrolls, with a thin plain border at each edge. A large central heraldic shield features an inscribed crest of a lion's head charged with a bend. The hallmark to the right of the shield shows the initials 'J.K.' and '18Ct'. The ferrule is sub-rectangular and appears to taper in slightly towards the base. The ferrule would have originally been tubular; however, it has been compressed, and is now almost flat. The obj…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
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Record ID: NARC-7243F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment from a Cruciform Brooch of Early-Medieval date (AD 450-650). The fragment is the foot which is lunate or pelta-shaped and from a small cruciform brooch. The foot is plain and the upper narrowed portion retains some iron corrosion adhearing to the surface, the rest of the brooch is lost. The metal is a dark green in colour with a predominantly smooth patina. Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: NLM-439C48. LEIC-3B4D90 and SF-DB064B.
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2017
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Record ID: NMS-0BDA40
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy nested cup weight decorated around the top of the rim with multiple punched ring-and-dot impressions, probably underweight for 1 oz avoirdupois. Basal diameter 22mm. Rim diameter 29.5mm. Height 11mm. Weight 26.11g; 403.0 grains; 0.9210 oz. (1 oz avoirdupois = 437.5 grains). 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 20th July 2017
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Record ID: LIN-E1729E
Object type: TAG
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy tag dating to the Modern period (c. AD 1850-1950). The tag has been made from a coin stamped on the reverse with the name 'WILSON'. The coin is bust right, though no other coin details are legible on both the obverse and reverse. The overall dimensions are as follows: 29mm in diameter and 7.12g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 18th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2017
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Record ID: NMS-CCD14E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead seal: TW, above which is an impressed 3 on its side. Diameter 20mm. 17th century.
Created on: Monday 17th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2017
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Record ID: NMS-CE3C5B
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy open-topped thimble or sewing ring, decorated with four irregular lines of punched dots. Diameter 21mm. Height 10mm. 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 5th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
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Record ID: LIN-50372D
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete rotary key and keyring dating to the late Early Medieval or early Medieval period (c. AD 900-1000). The key consists of a large flat oval hammered out of the metal of the shank with an integral suspension loop at its top end. From the oval at the opposite end extends the shank of the key, beginning with a flat animal head form and then tapering from the animal's mouth into a rounded shank. Two small prongs are apparent at the terminal of the shank which would have extednded into the bit but have since been broken. Roughly half of the key ring is also present but unattache…
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-25FAC7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval ¼-ounce avoirdupois lead trade weight, discoidal with stamped impressions of the arms of Norwich and of the letter A. Diameter 18 - 18.8mm. Thickness 3mm. Weight 7.28g / 0.2565oz. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-13A922
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead 1-ounce avoirdupois trade weight, discoidal with a stamped impression of the arms of the Commonwealth and a small more deeply impressed trefoil. Diameter 28.2 - 29.2mm. Thickness 4mm. Weight 25.62g / 0.9040oz. 1649 - 1660.
Created on: Monday 26th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-12296D
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flattened fragment of medieval to post-medieval copper alloy thimble. A plain band around the base has a small stamped R below the remains of a probable spiral of sub-rectangular/ovoid indentations. Extant dimensions 21 x 19mm. Possibly a Nuremburg product, c.1520 - c.1650.
Created on: Monday 26th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-10C341
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead cloth seal, illegible inscription/device // blank. Diam. 19mm. 3mm thick. 16th-17th century.
Created on: Monday 26th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-0F3A73
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Badly squashed post-medieval copper alloy thimble with a plain band near the base. The remainder of the sides and the slightly domed are covered in a spiral of oval indentations. Diameter c.19mm. Height c.22mm. 16th century.
Created on: Monday 26th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2017
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Record ID: NLM-A77BA9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring. Cast plain D-section band, broken. The break falls across a stamped plain cross with the letters W M in modern capitalised style falling within its upper and lower arms. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. Internal diameter (as found): 17.8mm, Band Width: 5.5mm, Band Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 3.39gms
Created on: Wednesday 21st June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-A4ED3D
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval copper alloy thimble with the top and more than half of the base and sides missing. Vertical rows of seven or more round indentations lie above a horizontal groove. Diameter 19mm. 14th - mid 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-40F418
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval discoidal lead trade weight for 4 ounces avoirdupois, with, on one face, a row of four round punched blind holes below which are a stamped crown over CR, the royal cypher of Charles I (1625-49) and an imperfectly stamped impression which is probably the arms of Norwich. Diameter 42 - 43.4mm. Thickness 8mm. Weight 106.95g / 3.7725oz.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2017
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Record ID: BERK-168FE7
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: MODERN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern cast copper alloy three piece Regimental jacket button of the Berkshire Volunteer Rifles, with the first Volunteer review taking place in Hyde Park in the presence of Queen Victoria in June 1860 . The Obverse is convex and within a lined border an eight-pointed star with the precedence number 19 in the middle. Within the lined border the Regimental name: Berkshire Volunteer Rifles. The reverse is flat with the loop fastener soldered or brazed in the centre (bent) and around the outer perimeter the makers: Doughty & Co St Martins Lane.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2017
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Record ID: NLM-EA5F45
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin weight. Cast discoid weight with stamped markings on one side, comprising three concentric ridges framing an indeterminate device, possibly within a smaller central circle. There is also a possible trace of one arm of a long cross. The mass might suggest this to represent two pennyweight [of 1.46gms] according to the Tower system of c.1158-1300. Suggested date: Medieval, 1150-1300. Diameter: 14.9mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 2.95gms
Created on: Monday 12th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.