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

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Finds recorded for this period

County Objects Records
West Yorkshire 129 120

Finds recorded by these 6 users

Fullname Username Institution Objects Records
Philippa Walton pwalton NCL 15 15
Amy Downes acooper SWYOR 60 52
Mary Blevins mblevins SWYOR 23 22
Wakefield Volunteer wakefield SWYOR 18 18
carole bloom bloom SWYOR 11 11
Rebecca Griffiths bmorris YORYM 2 2
129 120

Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
BRONZE AGE 3 3
EARLY MEDIEVAL 2 2
GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL 1 1
IRON AGE 1 1
MEDIEVAL 22 22
NEOLITHIC 2 2
POST MEDIEVAL 30 29
ROMAN 64 56
UNKNOWN 4 4
129 120

Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
NCL 1
SWYOR 37
YORYM 2
40

Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 58 49
February 25 25
March 22 22
April 7 7
May 17 17
129 120

Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 74 65
2010 4 4
2011 42 42
2012 9 9
129 120

Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
Chance find during metal detecting 2 2
Fieldwalking 1 1
Gardening 1 1
Metal detector 123 114
Other chance find 2 2
129 120

Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 18 18
Cultivated land 92 83
Grassland, Heathland 8 8
Other 11 11
129 120

Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 1 1
4 figure reference 26 18
6 figure reference 52 52
8 figure reference 29 28
10 figure reference 21 21
129 120

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