rob collins, senior lecturer in archaeology at the newcastle at newcastle university, dr. spurr, sex and relationship expert, are here to tell all about it . rob, good evening expert, are here to tell all about it. rob, good evening . i about it. rob, good evening. i believe you. you are the gentleman came across this item . i right. gentleman came across this item . i right . well, it was found 30 . i right. well, it was found 30 years ago, but so not using . it years ago, but so not using. it wasn't me. but my colleague was working on the archives of vindolanda came across this object and he's an expert in ancient wood and i the expert in roman dix apparently so we combine forces to study this object . okay. so what was its object. okay. so what was its origin really catalogued to us, rob , what are the prudes in 99 rob, what are the prudes in 99 one when was it 1996. what did the prudes think it was. what did they put it down in their archive . well, they put it down archive. well, they put it down as a darning tool, which is a sort of tool that you use for sewing. you