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Thesaurus Term/Concept: METAL DETECTING SURVEY

Identifier 145147
Class EVENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note Structured & carefully executed scanning of the ground surface with a metal detecting device in order to recover surface scatters of metal objects & plot them spatially within the study area as part of an archaeological survey or metal detecting rally.

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Instances/Examples (20)

Context Record
Event Type EEX64277 Archaeological strip, map and monitoring by Oxford Archaeology East on the Braintree PZ pipeline from Bocking to Braintree, 2014-2015 (Archaeological Intervention)
Event Type EEX60994 Evaluation by Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit at 2 Lawford Lane (Remote Sensing)
Event Type EEX52466 Evaluation by FAG (ECC) at A120 Trunk Road, Stansted to Braintree, 1991 (Archaeological Intervention)
Event Type EEX53990 Excavation by N. Lavender, Bulls Lodge Farm, Boreham, Chelmsford, 1990 (Archaeological Intervention)
Event Type EEX55496 Fieldwalking and metal detecting by A. Allen north of Walton's Farm, Steeple Bumpstead, 2008 (Field Survey)
Event Type EEX53988 Full survey (Field Survey)
Event Type EEX53991 Full survey by Medlycott, M (Field Survey)
Event Type EEX63624 Geophysical survey and metal detecting possibly by Essex County Council on land for the proposed golf course, Benton Hall, Witham, 1992 (Field Survey)
Event Type EEX61878 Metal detected find, metal detectorists, Balls Green, Great Bromley, 1995 (Archaeological Intervention)
Event Type EEX54074 Metal detecting by M. Cutherford at Elms Farm, Heybridge, 1995 (Archaeological Intervention)
Event Type EEX54224 Metal detecting possibly by M.J. Cuddeford at Godfreys Ltd Yard, 58-68 Moulsham Street (Site ref 26), Chelmsford, Essex, 1987 (Field Survey)
Event Type EEX54617 Metal detecting survey by Colchester Archaeological Trust at Kell Field, Petches Yew Farm, Finchingfield, 2006 (Field Survey)
Event Type EEX55891 Metal detecting survey by R. Gibson at Woollens Field and Sands Field, Saucemeres, Manuden, 2008-2010 (Non-Archaeological Intervention)
Event Type EEX56329 Metal-detecting finds, Humes Farm, Hutton (Field Survey)
Event Type EEX55931 Metal-detector survey and fieldwalking by CgMs Ltd at Land at West Sumners, Harlow, 2010 (Field Survey)
Event Type EEX56374 Trial trenching by Essex County Council at 'Lyndene and Waelas Dene', south of London Road, Great Chesterford, 1992 (Archaeological Intervention)
Event Type EEX59779 Watching brief and metal detecting survey by Pre-construct Archaeology at Northey Island, Maldon, 2019 (Archaeological Intervention)
Event Type EEX59780 Watching brief and metal detecting survey by Pre-Construct Archaeology at Northey Island, Maldon, 2022 (Archaeological Intervention)
Event Type EEX59760 Watching brief and metal-detecting survey by Pre-Construct Archaeology at Northey Island, 2021 (Archaeological Intervention)
Event Type EEX56420 Watching brief by Andrews, D. at Tillingham Church, 2005 (Archaeological Intervention)