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
WMID 1014 628

Finds recorded by these 2 users

Fullname Username Institution Objects Records
Tom Brindle tbrindle WMID 802 417
Teresa Gilmore tgilmore WMID 212 211
1014 628

Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
BRONZE AGE 11 11
EARLY MEDIEVAL 10 9
IRON AGE 20 20
MEDIEVAL 182 171
MESOLITHIC 3 3
MODERN 15 7
NEOLITHIC 32 32
PALAEOLITHIC 1 1
POST MEDIEVAL 183 180
ROMAN 541 179
UNKNOWN 16 15
1014 628
Finds by period

Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
WMID 101
101

Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 211 197
February 315 38
March 149 149
April 248 153
May 91 91
1014 628

Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 94 84
2003 1 1
2009 2 2
2010 118 31
2011 478 466
2012 321 44
1014 628

Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
Chance find during metal detecting 156 70
Fieldwalking 27 27
Metal detector 830 530
Other chance find 1 1
1014 628

Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 195 186
Cultivated land 510 412
Grassland, Heathland 309 30
1014 628

Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 143 134
6 figure reference 333 65
8 figure reference 64 63
10 figure reference 474 366
1014 628

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