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
SF 3272 2435

Finds recorded by these 4 users

Fullname Username Institution Objects Records
Jane Carr jcarr SF 319 255
Andrew Brown abrown SF 1255 1027
Andy Woods arw66 SF 129 129
Justine justineemma SF 1569 1024
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Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
BRONZE AGE 12 12
EARLY MEDIEVAL 60 60
IRON AGE 65 29
MEDIEVAL 861 736
MESOLITHIC 5 5
MODERN 10 8
NEOLITHIC 419 43
POST MEDIEVAL 373 338
ROMAN 1416 1164
UNKNOWN 51 40
3272 2435
Finds by period

Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
SF 77
77

Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 420 350
February 686 628
March 780 621
April 564 487
May 822 349
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Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 96 93
0 12 12
1991 1 1
2000 1 1
2002 1 1
2009 4 4
2010 7 7
2011 1746 1487
2012 1404 829
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Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
Chance find during metal detecting 202 45
Fieldwalking 50 14
Gardening 2 2
Metal detector 3016 2372
Metal detector during controlled archaeological investigation 2 2
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Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 34 32
Coastland 1 1
Cultivated land 3234 2399
Other 1 1
Woodland 2 2
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Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 16 14
6 figure reference 145 128
8 figure reference 2585 1849
10 figure reference 526 444
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