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

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Finds recorded for this period

County Objects Records
Surrey 471 435

Finds recorded by these 5 users

Fullname Username Institution Objects Records
Adrian Marsden amarsden NMS 1 1
David Calow calow1 PUBLIC 105 105
David Williams dwilliams SUR 361 325
Stephanie Smith stephaniesmith SUSS 3 3
Toby 04bowmant SUSS 1 1
471 435

Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
BRONZE AGE 7 7
EARLY MEDIEVAL 13 13
IRON AGE 8 8
MEDIEVAL 72 69
MESOLITHIC 16 5
MODERN 2 2
POST MEDIEVAL 163 141
ROMAN 189 189
UNKNOWN 1 1
471 435

Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
NMS 1
PUBLIC 0
SUR 33
SUSS 2
36

Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 72 56
February 96 96
March 62 62
April 99 88
May 142 133
471 435

Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 188 167
2008 1 1
2009 1 1
2010 1 1
2011 199 184
2012 81 81
471 435

Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
Agricultural or drainage work 4 3
Chance find during metal detecting 6 6
Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified) 3 3
Controlled archaeological investigation (topsoil stripping) 1 1
Controlled archaeological investigation (unstratified) 1 1
Fieldwalking 5 5
Gardening 19 4
Metal detector 332 312
Metal detector during controlled archaeological investigation 100 100
471 435

Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 121 101
Cultivated land 303 302
Grassland, Heathland 6 6
Open fresh water 14 14
Other 27 12
471 435

Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 1 1
6 figure reference 226 190
8 figure reference 57 57
10 figure reference 187 187
471 435

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