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

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Finds recorded for this period

County Objects Records
BERK 980 841

Finds recorded by these 2 users

Fullname Username Institution Objects Records
Michael Byard maritime BERK 477 477
Anni Byard abyard BERK 503 364
980 841

Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
BRONZE AGE 10 10
EARLY MEDIEVAL 24 24
GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL 1 1
IRON AGE 22 22
MEDIEVAL 231 230
MESOLITHIC 34 12
MODERN 5 5
NEOLITHIC 41 10
POST MEDIEVAL 203 197
ROMAN 390 312
UNKNOWN 19 18
980 841
Finds by period

Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
BERK 277
277

Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 202 147
February 303 297
March 238 236
April 86 67
May 151 94
980 841

Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 93 74
1980 2 2
2000 1 1
2005 5 5
2007 1 1
2008 1 1
2010 613 549
2011 174 119
2012 90 89
980 841

Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
Agricultural or drainage work 49 18
Chance find during metal detecting 6 5
Gardening 1 1
Metal detector 923 816
Other chance find 1 1
980 841

Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 186 123
Cultivated land 792 716
Grassland, Heathland 1 1
Other 1 1
980 841

Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 209 128
6 figure reference 121 88
8 figure reference 613 588
10 figure reference 37 37
980 841

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