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GaryBrun
29-03-2014, 10:05 PM
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<p><font size="5" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Guidelines for recording</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The following guidelines for recording finds under the UKDFD scheme are designed to ensure that material uploaded to the database is of a satisfactory quality to facilitate identification and contribute to the scheme&rsquo;s value as a research resource. </font></p>
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<p><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Images may be produced by scanning or digital photography, but must be sharp and of a sufficiently high resolution to permit identification. The image quality is of paramount importance. Unless a minimum standard is met, it will not be possible to identify the item, and the record will not be of any value to users of the database. For tips on producing images by scanning, see <a class="classlinkbody" href="scanning.html">Scanning Tips</a>. For tips on producing images by digital photography, see <a class="classlinkbody" href="photography.html">Photography Tips.</a><br>
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Do not use coins as size indicators on images. They may be familiar now; they might not be in a hundred years time! If a scale is included on an image, it should be calibrated in metric units (centimetres or millimetres), which should be clearly indicated. (It is not essential to include a scale on images, as the size is required to be specified separately.)<br>
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Please ensure, when known, that images of items are correctly orientated. For example, coin images should always show both sides the right way up.<br>
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The only acceptable file format is jpeg (jpg). Images should be 24 bit colour whenever possible. Individual image file sizes should preferably be in the range of 50KB to 150KB. Very small file sizes may result in an unacceptable record, due to lack of detail, and images with file sizes exceeding 250KB may fail to upload.<br>
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<p><font size="4" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Data</font></p>
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<p><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Please complete as many of the data fields as possible, and take care typing to minimise any errors.<br>
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Certain fields are mandatory, and it will not be possible to proceed unless these are completed. They include those for providing basic information (e.g. material and size) required for identification, and those for providing minimum details regarding the findspot (parish).<br>
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Type coin legends and other inscriptions in upper-case letters. Other fields are to be completed in &lsquo;Sentence case&rsquo; letters.<br>
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Note that special characters like &AElig; and &ETH;, as found on Anglo-Saxon coins, and diacritical marks on letters such as &eacute;, &euml; and &egrave;, can be copied and pasted from the Character Map in the Windows Accessories folder<br>
(Start &gt; All Programs &gt; Accessories &gt; System Tools &gt; Character Map.)</font></p>
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<td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="middle" align="center"><font size="5" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Finds Eligible For Recording<a id="eligible" name="eligible"></a></font>
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<p><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Prehistoric stone tools and weapons, metal artefacts that date before circa 1650, and coins up to 1662 are eligible for recording on the database. Nondescript and irregular fragments of metal and badly worn coins are exceptions to this general rule.<br>
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Later finds are restricted to the following categories, so as to exclude material that would add little or nothing to existing knowledge. This list will be periodically reviewed, and users may submit new categories for consideration.<br>
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<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Badges</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Barrel locks and keys</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Buckles to c.1900</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Buttons: decorated up to c.1800</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Buttons: local militia &amp; volunteer</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Buttons: livery</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Button hooks</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Clog and shoe clasps</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Cooperative Society checks</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Crotal bells</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Cutlery up to c.1900</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Finger rings up to c.1900</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Foot pattens</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Furniture fittings to c.1900</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Horse furniture</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Jettons</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Jewellery to c.1900</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Jews harps</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Keys up to c.1900</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Lead toys</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Market traders' tallies</font>
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<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Medals and medalets</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Metal tickets and passes</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Militaria: Badges</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Militaria: Belt clasps</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Militaria: Uniform buttons to c.1900</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pipe tampers</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pub checks</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Seal matrices</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sovereign cases</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Spurs</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thimbles up to c.1900</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Tokens</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Tools and implements up to c1900</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Toy cannons</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Vesta cases</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Watch winders</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Weights: Apothecaries</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Weights: Bullion</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Weights: Coin</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Weights: Trade</font>
<li><font size="3" color="#071d3f" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Whistles<br>
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