Patricia Cawson with silver spoon

Week 3 saw the volunteers get their hands on some of the metalwork from the Limehouse Link site. Although the process of packing metal objects is similar to non-metals, there are subtle differences; lead artifacts are packed with white plastazote foam rather than regular jiffy foam; fragmented iron objects have the addition of a small fragment bag with the object to not only keep the fragments from getting lost, but also to keep track of the objects deterioration.
Other small or particularly fragile objects get packed in crystal boxes for added protection.
During the session, Archive Manager, Roy Stephenson, who is one of the original team of archaeologists that worked on the excavation, joined the group to see their progress.


Seated on left Brian Adams, on right Sally Winter,
standing - Roy Stephenson

Items repacked today included copper ignots, buttons, thimbles, seals, pins and nails.