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
NMS 1900 1698

Finds recorded by these 4 users

Fullname Username Institution Objects Records
Adrian Marsden amarsden NMS 1421 1293
Erica Darch edarch NMS 143 69
Mary Chester-Kadwell mchesterkadwell NMS 250 250
Garry Crace norfolkarcher NMS 86 86
1900 1698

Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
BRONZE AGE 17 13
EARLY MEDIEVAL 128 112
IRON AGE 16 13
MEDIEVAL 473 471
NEOLITHIC 5 5
PALAEOLITHIC 1 1
POST MEDIEVAL 491 458
ROMAN 767 623
UNKNOWN 2 2
1900 1698
Finds by period

Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
NMS 144
144

Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 163 163
February 304 299
March 561 472
April 456 424
May 416 340
1900 1698

Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 152 138
1960 1 1
2007 9 9
2008 2 2
2009 13 13
2010 60 60
2011 515 497
2012 1148 978
1900 1698

Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
Agricultural or drainage work 1 1
Gardening 1 1
Metal detector 1895 1693
Other chance find 3 3
1900 1698

Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 1549 1412
Cultivated land 345 280
Grassland, Heathland 1 1
Other 4 4
Wetlands 1 1
1900 1698

Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 31 28
6 figure reference 9 8
8 figure reference 1522 1341
10 figure reference 338 321
1900 1698

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