Artifact Colonial

Lead Bag Seal - London, I. Lloyd Army Packers

1808 or older (possibly 1500s)

Lead Bag Seal - London, I. Lloyd Army Packers — Colonial Artifact found at Island General, Oak Island, Nova Scotia. Dated: 1808 or older (possibly 1500s)
Lead Bag Seal - London, I. Lloyd Army Packers — 1808 or older (possibly 1500s)
Photo: The HISTORY Channel
Location Lot 5 (Lot 32)
Discovered Season 11 (2023)
Date Range 1700 AD – 1808 AD
Category Artifact
Era Colonial

About This Artifact

Lead bag seal stamped "I. Lloyd Packers London," identified as army cloth packers. Compositional match with the 14th-century lead cross. Used for half a ton of military cloth. Laird Niven dates the seal to the 1700s but suspects it could be older based on the use of an "I" in place of a "J," a convention that changed around 1524.

Historical Context

Laird Niven; The Curse of Oak Island Season 11 Episode 5

Where It Was Found

Found at Lot 5 — Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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