Statistical analysis of the database for Thursday 1st January 2009 until Thursday 31st December 2009
These archives can be searched to find out what was found on a particular day of the year. We have been recording digitally since 1998.
You can also choose your own date ranges. You must choose a date from and a date to to interrogate this properly.
Quantities of objects and records found
Quantities recorded per Officer and assistants
Quantities recorded per Institution
| Institution |
Objects |
Records |
| BERK |
976 |
400 |
| BH |
1626 |
1623 |
| BM |
1 |
1 |
| BUC |
1653 |
1513 |
| CAM |
688 |
365 |
| CORN |
272 |
208 |
| CPAT |
312 |
265 |
| DEN |
19 |
19 |
| DENO |
1310 |
1091 |
| DEV |
609 |
348 |
| DOR |
632 |
470 |
| DUR |
400 |
352 |
| ESS |
2306 |
1473 |
| FAHG |
2 |
2 |
| FAKL |
11 |
11 |
| FASAM |
2 |
2 |
| FASW |
3 |
3 |
| GAT |
53 |
44 |
| GLO |
2432 |
516 |
| HAMP |
1765 |
1332 |
| HESH |
10327 |
703 |
| IHS |
72 |
72 |
| IOW |
1786 |
1354 |
| KENT |
943 |
775 |
| LANCUM |
818 |
790 |
| LEIC |
2449 |
2115 |
| LIN |
2619 |
2403 |
| LON |
1154 |
1090 |
| LVPL |
1522 |
1436 |
| NARC |
752 |
689 |
| NCL |
1118 |
649 |
| NLM |
627 |
605 |
| NMGW |
55 |
41 |
| NMS |
1336 |
1206 |
| PAS |
1125 |
5 |
| SF |
6241 |
3156 |
| SOM |
211 |
194 |
| SUR |
3679 |
1998 |
| SUSS |
2790 |
2116 |
| SWYOR |
2595 |
1867 |
| WAW |
820 |
763 |
| WILT |
1655 |
1214 |
| WMID |
2304 |
1655 |
| YORYM |
4358 |
2908 |
|
66428 |
39842 |
Quantities by period
| Period |
Objects |
Records |
|
240 |
159 |
| BRONZE AGE |
1014 |
492 |
| BYZANTINE |
8 |
8 |
| EARLY MEDIEVAL |
2163 |
1730 |
| GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL |
20 |
20 |
| IRON AGE |
1300 |
1013 |
| MEDIEVAL |
13938 |
10149 |
| MESOLITHIC |
1166 |
494 |
| MODERN |
286 |
242 |
| NEOLITHIC |
1087 |
817 |
| PALAEOLITHIC |
206 |
170 |
| POST MEDIEVAL |
9754 |
7590 |
| ROMAN |
34716 |
16511 |
| UNKNOWN |
530 |
447 |
|
66428 |
39842 |
Number of recorders per insitution
| Institution |
Number of finders
|
| BERK |
95 |
| BH |
87 |
| BM |
0 |
| BUC |
117 |
| CAM |
23 |
| CORN |
30 |
| CPAT |
32 |
| DEN |
2 |
| DENO |
124 |
| DEV |
45 |
| DOR |
56 |
| DUR |
53 |
| ESS |
272 |
| FAHG |
1 |
| FAKL |
2 |
| FASAM |
1 |
| FASW |
3 |
| GAT |
3 |
| GLO |
46 |
| HAMP |
109 |
| HESH |
86 |
| IHS |
37 |
| IOW |
112 |
| KENT |
99 |
| LANCUM |
93 |
| LEIC |
194 |
| LIN |
190 |
| LON |
169 |
| LVPL |
211 |
| NARC |
70 |
| NCL |
73 |
| NLM |
43 |
| NMGW |
27 |
| NMS |
193 |
| PAS |
4 |
| SF |
163 |
| SOM |
2 |
| SUR |
227 |
| SUSS |
158 |
| SWYOR |
168 |
| WAW |
50 |
| WILT |
131 |
| WMID |
137 |
| YORYM |
383 |
|
4121 |
Average per month
| Month |
Objects |
Records |
| January |
4400 |
3637 |
| February |
5421 |
2692 |
| March |
3398 |
2834 |
| April |
6297 |
3189 |
| May |
5260 |
3762 |
| June |
4432 |
3305 |
| July |
3974 |
3260 |
| August |
13792 |
2788 |
| September |
4527 |
2780 |
| October |
5773 |
4229 |
| November |
5423 |
4337 |
| December |
3731 |
3029 |
|
66428 |
39842 |
Year of discovery
| Year |
Objects |
Records |
| No year recorded |
13409 |
2806 |
| 208 |
2 |
2 |
| 209 |
2 |
2 |
| 1009 |
1 |
1 |
| 1889 |
1 |
1 |
| 1904 |
37 |
1 |
| 1910 |
1 |
1 |
| 1920 |
1 |
1 |
| 1935 |
1 |
1 |
| 1936 |
1 |
1 |
| 1939 |
1 |
1 |
| 1941 |
1 |
1 |
| 1948 |
1 |
1 |
| 1949 |
1 |
1 |
| 1950 |
2 |
2 |
| 1953 |
24 |
24 |
| 1955 |
2 |
2 |
| 1956 |
109 |
109 |
| 1957 |
1 |
1 |
| 1959 |
2 |
2 |
| 1960 |
12 |
12 |
| 1961 |
1 |
1 |
| 1965 |
1 |
1 |
| 1967 |
1 |
1 |
| 1969 |
3 |
3 |
| 1970 |
15 |
13 |
| 1972 |
6 |
6 |
| 1975 |
41 |
36 |
| 1976 |
9 |
4 |
| 1977 |
8 |
8 |
| 1978 |
1 |
1 |
| 1979 |
112 |
31 |
| 1980 |
18 |
18 |
| 1981 |
2 |
2 |
| 1982 |
38 |
38 |
| 1983 |
3 |
3 |
| 1984 |
2 |
2 |
| 1985 |
3 |
3 |
| 1986 |
5 |
5 |
| 1987 |
2 |
2 |
| 1988 |
87 |
75 |
| 1989 |
15 |
15 |
| 1990 |
418 |
375 |
| 1991 |
11 |
11 |
| 1992 |
19 |
19 |
| 1993 |
2 |
2 |
| 1994 |
31 |
31 |
| 1995 |
194 |
65 |
| 1996 |
18 |
13 |
| 1997 |
32 |
29 |
| 1998 |
40 |
30 |
| 1999 |
38 |
36 |
| 2000 |
258 |
184 |
| 2001 |
63 |
63 |
| 2002 |
135 |
120 |
| 2003 |
381 |
110 |
| 2004 |
460 |
183 |
| 2005 |
348 |
196 |
| 2006 |
603 |
347 |
| 2007 |
3143 |
827 |
| 2008 |
15060 |
10470 |
| 2009 |
31189 |
23490 |
|
66428 |
39842 |
Discovery method
| Discovery method |
Objects |
Records |
| No method of discovery recorded |
1 |
1 |
| No method of discovery recorded |
22 |
22 |
| Agricultural or drainage work |
164 |
58 |
| Building work |
499 |
124 |
| Chance find during metal detecting |
3610 |
1383 |
| Controlled archaeological investigation |
1648 |
42 |
| Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified) |
179 |
13 |
| Controlled archaeological investigation (topsoil stripping) |
1 |
1 |
| Controlled archaeological investigation (unstratified) |
1 |
1 |
| Fieldwalking |
1551 |
793 |
| Gardening |
2363 |
289 |
| Metal detector |
54543 |
36420 |
| Metal detector during controlled archaeological investigation |
93 |
83 |
| Other chance find |
1753 |
612 |
|
66428 |
39842 |
Type of landuse
| Landuse |
Objects |
Records |
| No landuse recorded |
11570 |
7215 |
| Coastland |
434 |
168 |
| Cultivated land |
40133 |
30467 |
| Grassland, Heathland |
1217 |
814 |
| Open fresh water |
552 |
496 |
| Other |
3092 |
644 |
| Wetlands |
3 |
3 |
| Woodland |
9427 |
35 |
|
66428 |
39842 |
Findspot precision
| Grid reference precision |
Objects |
Records |
| No grid reference recorded |
5080 |
2699 |
| 4 figure reference |
1613 |
1426 |
| 6 figure reference |
30660 |
20545 |
| 8 figure reference |
20305 |
8155 |
| 10 figure reference |
8632 |
6879 |
| 11 figure reference |
1 |
1 |
| 12 figure reference |
137 |
137 |
|
66428 |
39842 |