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The UKDFD is an initiative by members of the metal-detecting community to promote good practice within the hobby. It is an easy-to-use, friendly and supportive online facility for detectorists to record their finds and ensure that the information is preserved for future generations.
Those joining the scheme have immediate access to the database for uploading details of their finds, and simple instructions are provided at each stage of the process. A personal gallery is created for each user on entering their first record, which, as it grows, may be browsed or searched in the same way as a personal database. Items submitted are reviewed by the scheme's own team of experts and full identification details are provided or confirmed as soon as possible. Users are also able to record their detector make and model, so that performance in different circumstances, and for different types of find, may be assessed.
Please note that registration with the UKDFD is primarily for the purpose of recording small finds of the type typically made by metal-detectorists. However, membership is open to all with a genuine interest in discussing the finds and participating in their identification. It is unnecessary to register if you only wish to use the database, as the recorded information is publicly accessible.
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 Posted on 02-07-2010 05:30:56 pm by Rod |
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Processing of Rejected Records
This purpose of this notice is to advise recorders that we are making changes to the procedure we operate for dealing with records that do not comply with eligibility ...
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| Posted on 01-04-2010 12:09:18 am by Rod |
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The scheduled backlog action was completed yesterday (3 January) in accordance with our earlier notice, and the database is now open again for recording.
At the start of the exercise on 20 December ...
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| Posted on 11-08-2009 08:59:34 pm by Rod |
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In the four years since the UKDFD recording scheme was introduced, well over twenty thousand finds have been recorded and processed. The rate of recording considerably exceeds the most optimistic expe ...
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| Posted on 10-22-2009 06:59:02 pm by GaryBrun |
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As some members will know, along with a higher daily limit for uploads, we offer UKDFD benefactors the opportunity to use our CoinSearcher software to help with the identification of coins that have incomplete legends, either as a result of wear or damage, or because they are halves or quarters that have been intentionally made by cutting full coins to provide small change. Further information on this is available by clicking this link.
For a limited time (until mid November), we have decided to make the CoinSearcher software available to all. To try it out during this period, click on this link: CoinSearcher and enter the username ‘coinsearcher’ and the password ‘freetrial’
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| Posted on 05-11-2009 01:37:41 pm by Rod |
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UKDFD STATEMENT
Removal of Records from Database
The recent conviction of David Hutchings ('Coldfeet') for selling fake coins inevitably raises doubts about the reliability of information he pr ...
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| Posted on 03-15-2009 01:09:37 am by GaryBrun |
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UKDFD STATEMENT
Prior to its launch in 2005, the UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) offered a software facility to the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), which would have enabled data from appropr ...
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| Posted on 02-24-2009 10:37:53 pm by GaryBrun |
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UKDFD STATEMENT
The ‘Nighthawking Survey’ commissioned by English Heritage
You may recently have received or read the report resulting from the so-called ‘Nighthawking Survey’, originally proposed by the PAS, and carried out by Oxford Archaeology for English Heritage. The report contains statements relating to the UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) that are factually incorrect, or misleading by virtue of the omission of pertinent information. No member of the UKDFD recording scheme was consulted at any time regarding the statements, and relevant information, readily available on the UKDFD website, would appear to have been completely disregarded. Such elementary failures to make adequate enquiries before drawing conclusions inevitably raise doubts about the validity of the report’s findings in respect of its specific investigation remit.
The statements concerned are contained within clause 3.2.20 of the report, and each is addressed below.
1. The report states that the UKDFD “…only records the location of finds to parish level…”
The statement is incorrect. The UKDFD provides for the recording of finds to the highest level of accuracy that a recorder is willing or able to provide. Recording to parish level is merely the minimum level of accuracy required for material to be eligible.
2. The report states that the UKDFD “…does not pass information onto HERs and is therefore of limited value to archaeological research and management.”
The statement is entirely lacking in balance, and appears contrived to portray the UKDFD in a negative manner. In particular, it fails to mention the fact that, prior to its launch, the UKDFD offered a facility to transfer records directly to the PAS database. In fact, during the UKDFD development phase, a considerable amount of time was spent making such a transfer of records technically viable. Had the PAS not chosen to decline this offer, UKDFD records would automatically have been passed to the HERs.
Furthermore, having declined the invitation – a move that some might reasonably regard as irresponsible – the PAS (along with bodies that seek to restrict the metal-detecting hobby) introduced a Code of Practice, which, by implication, brands those detectorists who record with the UKDFD as irresponsible.
3. The report states that “Some believe that the PAS database and the information that is passed to the HERs is used to further restrict the land available for detecting, others believe (erroneously) that the PAS does not record post-medieval finds. The UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) was therefore set up by detectorists as an alternative to the PAS.”
The mission statement of the UKDFD clearly sets out its aims, which are considerably more wide-ranging than the final sentence of this statement concludes. The concerns that detectorists have regarding restrictions being placed on their hobby are also far wider than the statement implies.
Gary Brun
UKDFD Admin Team
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| Posted on 10-23-2008 11:07:57 am by Rod |
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The following statement is issued with the aim of clarifying the role of the UKDFD forum, and in particular to address the issue of requests for identification posted thereon.
The forum is an inte ...
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| Posted on 10-01-2008 08:31:17 pm by GaryBrun |
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I get many people contacting me saying they cant log-in because they haven't received an activation email.
The board is working fine an we get many members joining everyday without problems.
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| Posted on 09-30-2008 01:23:29 pm by GaryBrun |
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Dear UKDFD user.
In the three years since the UKDFD recording scheme was introduced, well over fourteen thousand finds have been recorded. The rate of recording considerably exceeds the most optimi ...
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