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
ESS 615 534

Finds recorded by these 2 users

Fullname Username Institution Objects Records
Laura McLean lmclean ESS 501 424
Sam Matthews samatthews ESS 114 110
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Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
BRONZE AGE 192 128
EARLY MEDIEVAL 7 7
IRON AGE 7 7
MEDIEVAL 98 94
MESOLITHIC 6 4
MODERN 3 3
PALAEOLITHIC 1 1
POST MEDIEVAL 132 127
ROMAN 160 154
UNKNOWN 9 9
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Finds by period

Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
ESS 62
62

Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 265 261
February 64 64
March 52 39
April 36 36
May 198 134
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Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 31 31
0 3 3
201 1 1
1978 2 2
1980 25 25
1991 6 6
1999 1 1
2003 18 18
2004 6 6
2005 6 6
2006 8 8
2007 20 20
2008 1 1
2009 3 3
2010 187 123
2011 205 188
2012 92 92
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Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
Building work 1 1
Chance find during metal detecting 1 1
Metal detector 611 530
Other chance find 2 2
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Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 14 13
Coastland 2 2
Cultivated land 596 516
Other 3 3
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Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 17 16
4 figure reference 30 30
6 figure reference 210 206
8 figure reference 149 137
10 figure reference 209 145
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