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
SWYOR 1589 1028

Finds recorded by these 4 users

Fullname Username Institution Objects Records
Amy Downes acooper SWYOR 1037 495
Wakefield Volunteer wakefield SWYOR 212 209
carole bloom bloom SWYOR 132 128
Mary Blevins mblevins SWYOR 208 196
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Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
BRONZE AGE 21 18
EARLY MEDIEVAL 96 58
GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL 1 1
IRON AGE 19 18
MEDIEVAL 370 345
MESOLITHIC 38 26
MODERN 12 3
NEOLITHIC 76 53
POST MEDIEVAL 278 239
ROMAN 505 225
UNKNOWN 173 42
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Finds by period

Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
SWYOR 149
149

Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 486 248
February 460 328
March 247 115
April 164 147
May 232 190
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Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 574 308
2003 2 2
2005 40 2
2006 6 6
2007 15 15
2008 6 6
2009 12 12
2010 21 21
2011 594 508
2012 319 148
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Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
Agricultural or drainage work 27 22
Building work 2 2
Chance find during metal detecting 119 54
Fieldwalking 265 65
Gardening 8 5
Metal detector 1087 847
Other chance find 81 33
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Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 23 23
Coastland 3 3
Cultivated land 1426 959
Grassland, Heathland 24 24
Other 113 19
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Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 13 13
4 figure reference 48 40
6 figure reference 1027 709
8 figure reference 381 186
10 figure reference 120 80
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