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This statistical release presents data on the number of reported treasure finds for 2019 and provisional figures for 2020 within England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Data for 2019 are broken down by county, region, period, distribution and method of discovery. Figures for 2020 are provisional and are provided by county and region only.

Data presented on treasure finds are collected by the Department of Portable Antiquities & Treasure at the British Museum and recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme.

Estimates reported for participation in metal detecting are based on data collected in the 2019/20 Taking Part Survey.The survey covers activity in the 12 months prior to interview.

• Released 18 November 2021
• Period covered January 2019 to December 2020
• Geographic coverage National, Regional and county level data for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This release does not cover Scotland.
• Next release date Data is aimed to be published for November 2022.

Pre-release access

The document above contains a list of minsters and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Reported Treasure Finds. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics (2018), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.