Heartlands - Tin Ingot
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Heartlands - Tin Ingot
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 18 Sep 2013
This is a nice find. Resurrected from a Cornish shipwreck it's an ingot of Cornish tin. It was produced this size by law to reduce smuggling. Cornwall has the image of being a tin mining county; true it did mine it but more copper was produced by tonnage.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.225253
Longitude
-5.270949