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Jan 06, 2022
Image Requirements - A Reminder
As regular recorders will know, virtually all photos uploaded to the database are subject to image-processing to meet UKDFD requirements for quality of presentation. Simple processing, such as cropping the image, slightly rotating it or adjusting brightness are not an issue, but failure to observe some of the image recording guidelines can cause major problems and waste a considerable amount of time. If a background is textured, or an external shadow is cropped, for example, the time required... -
Nov 10, 2021
Coins Section, Category-Tree Update
When we originally configured the database (2005), we had to take a 'best guess' approach to creating the various categories into which each record would be placed. Our aim was to make the database as browsable as it is searchable. We have been pleased with our early decisions in this respect, but inevitably as the database has grown, some minor 'tweaking' has become desirable. This is particularly the case in the 'Coins' section, where finds are both chronologically and geographically more... -
Nov 01, 2021
New Book by Brian Read
Brian Read's latest book, Identifying Detector Finds, has just been published by Greenlight Publishing. The book features over 1700 individual artefacts, all beautifully hand-drawn and fully described, including find locations. Separate sections of the book cover mounts, animal furniture, religious objects, edged weapons and tools and their fittings, small tools and instruments, vessels and receptacles, jewellery and fasteners, personal objects, commerce objects, security objects, militaria,... -
Oct 26, 2021
New Guide for Richard II Pennies
Team member, Rod Blunt, has produced a new guide to the identification of Richard II pennies, which is illustrated largely with coins recorded on the UKDFD and the PAS database. The article can be viewed on Rod's website, BC&A, via the link: Richard II Pennies. Access is free and no registration is required. Any typos, wrong links, transcription errors, etc. encountered, should be reported by using the contact form on the BC&A website, and they will be checked and corrected as soon as... -
Sep 06, 2021
£15 Membership Plan - Important Information
As announced in our News item of 7 August 2021, we have now withdrawn our £15 annual membership plan. This post is to explain how the change will affect new subscribers and existing members. New Subscribers Only one annual membership option will be available to new subscribers. This will be the plan formerly designated 'Annual Membership +'. The only change to this plan is that the '+' has been removed from the name, and it becomes the 'Annual Membership' plan. Current members who pay...
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