Statistical analysis of the database for NORFOLK for Sunday 1st January 2012 until Wednesday 30th May 2012

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Finds recorded for this period

County Objects Records
Norfolk 1844 1651

Finds recorded by these 13 users

Fullname Username Institution Objects Records
Julian Watters jwatters BH 1 1
Adam Daubney adaubney LIN 4 4
Vanessa Oakden voakden LVPL 2 2
Philippa Walton pwalton NCL 57 56
Adrian Marsden amarsden NMS 1293 1175
Mary Chester-Kadwell mchesterkadwell NMS 232 232
Erica Darch edarch NMS 139 65
Justine justineemma SF 1 1
David Williams dwilliams SUR 21 21
Garry Crace archer SUSS 90 90
Stephanie Smith stephaniesmith SUSS 2 2
carole bloom bloom SWYOR 1 1
Richard Henry rshenry WAW 1 1
1844 1651

Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
BRONZE AGE 16 12
EARLY MEDIEVAL 127 111
IRON AGE 16 13
MEDIEVAL 448 446
NEOLITHIC 4 4
PALAEOLITHIC 1 1
POST MEDIEVAL 462 431
ROMAN 767 630
UNKNOWN 3 3
1844 1651

Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
BH 1
LIN 2
LVPL 1
NCL 12
NMS 131
SF 1
SUR 3
SUSS 1
SWYOR 1
WAW 1
154

Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 171 171
February 296 291
March 518 436
April 424 392
May 435 361
1844 1651

Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 217 202
1960 1 1
2007 9 9
2008 2 2
2009 13 13
2010 56 56
2011 492 475
2012 1054 893
1844 1651

Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
Agricultural or drainage work 1 1
Gardening 1 1
Metal detector 1841 1648
Other chance find 1 1
1844 1651

Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 1476 1348
Cultivated land 362 297
Grassland, Heathland 1 1
Other 4 4
Wetlands 1 1
1844 1651

Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 12 12
6 figure reference 27 26
8 figure reference 1480 1304
10 figure reference 325 309
1844 1651

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