What is this please? - SOLVED by 'Wuntbedruv' Fire Insurance Mark
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IMPORTANT - BEFORE CREATING A ID REQUEST, Please Follow the H.A.M.M.Y Code Below....
H - Have at least two good sized clear photos, this is Mandatory
A - About your detecting day, type of land, depth found.
M - Measure items by doing the pics next to a scale or ruler. this is Mandatory
M - Machine used? settings? interesting to other users.
Y - You will always get a better ID if you supply more information.
*PLEASE NOTE: Use of a modern coin or written dimensions no longer qualify as a "scale". We need a properly-defined measure - metric or good old-fashioned inches will do.
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Re: What is this please?
Numbers wouldnt suggest a date I don't think especially since the styling doesnt look too old but I could well be wrong.
Very intrigued tho!
Very intrigued tho!
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Re: What is this please?
probably had too much wine but is that a face looking left towards another looking right?
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Re: What is this please?
Not sure those are numbers, the 4 looks just like an angle only and the 5 doesn't seem.to follow through fully. Trying to read patinas and part erased detail is enough to send anyone bonkers sometimes. The only common lead messages I have hesrd of are roman, but who knows, certainly intriguing. 

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Re: What is this please?
Could the "5" be an Arabic letter?
Doesnt look like a 5 to me
Doesnt look like a 5 to me
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Re: What is this please?
It's certainly an interesting bit of lead. I'd let the FLO ponder over it. 

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Re: What is this please?
I suspect it is a piece of lead guttering taken for reuse. If you do a google search on dated lead guttering you will see some examples. I found a lovely piece several years back regretfully weighed it in with my lead scrap 

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Re: What is this please?
This is part of a lead firemark. I can see the same column designs on yours.
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts ... /id/644097
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts ... /id/644097
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