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dazzer71
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Posted 11/03/2009 11:57 am

friend of mine found this detecting,its made of lead and just short of an inch in diameter.the side with the DF on is flat and there is a depression around the logo on the other side.any ideas? thanks.

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Posted 11/03/2009 4:52 pm

Based on prior discussions here, this looks like a lead seal.
I wish I could help with more specifics...maybe somebody will soon.

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dazzer71
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Posted 11/03/2009 5:42 pm

didnt realise you could get lead seals,thought they were wax.thats interesting .we have had a lot of interesting finds out of the same field. 3 hammerds a victorian naval button and various coins from victoria,william 3,george 3 and george 2

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Posted 11/03/2009 7:06 pm

Without going to Google to check ... I've been at the keyboard far too long the past few days, participating in Nanowrimo ... I believe lead seals were used to protect bagged items from being tampered with; the lead was crimped or poured around a small cable securing the bag.

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dazzer71
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Posted 11/04/2009 3:28 pm

well hopefully it was a nice big bag of coins and it still there :)

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Posted 11/05/2009 08:01 am

A lead seal ought to have a hole right through the edge from one side to the other where the thread or string once passed through it. I can see a crack going right through the coin on the "reverse" (DF side), but I can't tell if it's a collapsed thread channel or a regular crack; a look at the edge should tell the difference.

If it's not a seal, it could be a lead token of some kind; there were all kinds of lead tokens made in the late mediaeval and early modern period.

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WpgLwr
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Posted 11/05/2009 08:59 am

Kind of reminds me of a weight for a scale, but in this case a primitive one.

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dazzer71
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Posted 11/05/2009 11:10 am

there is no hole it is definately a crack, so maybe it could be a token or a weight. im goin to have a play on google now and see what I can find.

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