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I personally wouldn't touch or eat any of that stuff, but im not super familiar with the science and dangers of radiation and the levels that are safe. I'd just be paranoid. Super cool though! I'd want to see them in a cloud chamber haha

I picked up a Ludlum model 3 with a 44-9 hand tool. I figure this is best for detecting radiation on clothes and surfaces. Etc. I also picked up a PUDIEL NR-950. This was an impulse buy that I kind of regret. I really want/need a dosimeter. Was considering the ludlum model 25 but I’m so lost with how many devices are out there. Tech is so good now. But I’m scared to get something too “digital” incase we get hit with emp that knocks out our tech. I could keep in a faraday bag. Any help would be superbly appreciated

Funny how after Oppenheimer, this place exploded with interest. I am from Santa Fe NM and we've been there several times over the years... now a crowd 😂

With all of the antique pieces, that area would be wonderful to go over with a metal detector.

Great content, and what a stunning landscape. Well done, from Western Australia.

1.5 million counts? How dangerous is that holding in your hand?

Radiation does, in fact, help with inflammation. Lots of peer-reviewed studies on it, the general consensus is that as long as it's from a contained source and isn't actually being INGESTED the hormesis theory does hold true, the main issue with radon spas is all the daughter products and lead that inevitably end up in your system. Some countries STILL use nasopharyngeal irradiation to treat severe sinus inflammation, stuff works. Some of the more recent studies came out during COVID when they noticed symptom improvements in patients that got CT scans or chest X-Rays vs patients that didn't, cause the inflammation cascade's a big reason for long-term bad outcomes. There's also the fact it's a heavy noble gas, like xenon, and those ALSO have analgesic properties so the somewhat-immediate relief from it makes it a lot more noticeable. The vast majority of bad health outcomes related to radon or radiation exposure are either continuous occupational exposure over years, or ingesting of things that are bone or organ seekers, and would still be a major issue even if it WASN'T radioactive - see also, phosphorous and fluorine compounds that do similar things despite being non-radioactive. That's really the big problem with radioisotopes and pollution, and why it's absolutely criminal that oil companies can still use their well brine to salt roads in the winter or control dust in the summer - that stuff is absolutely chock full of radium dissolved in solution, I can pick up on my CDV-700 which brands of frozen corn came from Ohio vs Indiana/Illinois fields cause of the bioaccumulation from dust-suppressing farm roads.

Other than the cesium spike, what else should i look for in my trinitie sample to know that its from that event vs something else. Other isotopes? Specific ratios?

Have an early nuclear golf ball detector would love to see it work sadly need 2 45 volt batteries to power

You need a way to sell to some of your finds. I would totally buy some uranium as i cant find any so far in NC

This is like Christmas and Easter together! The best and interesting present/toys you can get, especially the alpha emitters.

Someone was a little too into collecting industrial smoke detectors. Some of the source wires looked a little oxidized/corroded. Could not see in the video, but did the watch perhaps have tiny glass capsules of tritium? Short half-life and shielded by glass, so hard to get reading from. My eyes would need a magnifying glass to see em.

Does the tile color matter or just the manufacturer / time period?

With the spectrum technique samples, why do different materials emit different types of radiation? I understand that they will likely emit some amount of alpha beta and gamma but just curious as to why some samples emit more of one type than the other? Like polonium is a heavy alpha emitter? Cool video btw! :) Also would you do a video showing your own collection of radioactive stuff you’ve found?

That 's were the film came from newtonic bomb!!!

That just screams put me in a cloud chamber

Hi Drew. Have you heard about the proposed Delores Monument?

Interesting and educational video. I recently acquired some depression era plates (somewhat gold colored in soft light but can look slightly green in brighter light). The spectrum data from my Radiacode suggest it too has a Thorium parent.

At 6:30 into the video you mention that the reading is equal to 1,700 micro-sieverts per hour. However, that *wouldn't* be 175 chest x rays, it would be about 17, since a chest X-Ray is about 100 micro-sieverts. Correct me if I'm wrong. Great video, anyways, as always!

I bought a couple things off of amazon before they shut that down, a piece of autunite and then a small jar of uranium ore, went back to see how much the bigger jar was before i even got myshipment from the seller and it said no longer available and dont know when or if it will be again and they def had more in stock so i looked at the other seller i bought from and one other i looked at and it said the same thing, the autunite came with a note saying the same thing your talking about how he got booted from ebay and etsy, kinda stupid they wont allow that but red fiesta is all over the listings for sale still and im sure other things they dont know about yet... whats the link to your site? if you have one ill buy some stuff

Can you link the site that you got your radeye from please?

I can’t believe how much I learned from this video! I would like to know where you got the Geoelectronics radiation detection screen, and would uranium ore and lower gamma energy isotopes be strong enough to make the screen glow? Also, with beta emitters in contact with metals how much bremsstrahlung radiation would be given off? It must be very little as I never see any mention of this. I would think it would be very low energy on the gamma spectrum, if you could detect it at all, but I don’t know.

I normally don't like to pick up radioactive stuff with my bare hands. I started getting more comfortable with picking up blue apatite it is only 1300 cpm up to 2000 cpm . in the past that would of made me nervous but not anymore. The thing that bothers me if thinking about the particles getting stuck in my skin .

I would love to see a video of vintage Geiger counters from the uranium boom era. Do you have something like that in your collection?

if it produces neutrons couldnt that technically cause fission? of uranium near by?

i put a blue apatite crystal about 1300 cpm in tin foil to contain the particles and put it in a jar but i sometimes took it out . i didnt know it could cause a reaction like that .. i had a weird feeling about that that it is possible that aluminum foil could cause some type of reaction but i wasnt sure. Do you think it was ok? of course it is only 1300 cpm so

I recently came across a WW2 watch that my Radiacode 102 clearly recognized as radium, 40Kcpm, and it is cracked. I immediately put it in a ziplock, and placed it in my firebox. I can read elevated levels outside on the box, nothing too crazy, ~4-5kcpm, but I'd like to have a better container for it. That box is interesting, what is it made from?

youve come so far bro. this is sick seeing u with 10k in one day. i remember a year or so ago u were underwatched and then overnight u became a radioactive sensation. Big ups brother never stop!!

Im sure OSHA would have a field day with that walkway

Is it possible that slag from the Anaconda smelter that is just down the road was used in the hot mix? I worked in a lab that where we were analyzing samples as part od the smelter remediation. I am of the opinion that you are at greater risk from lead and arsenic exposure than the radiation.

Do you think the sea drying out will pose a threat to neighboring cities in the valley?

chicken little said it best

How much above background radiation is the salton sea site?

Heaving snowing, at begin of June??

Damn it. The 103 doesn't give good gamma and beta readings?

How low do emissions have to be before you can ship it?

why did you get fired from apple

210Po due to its pathetically short half-life is one of my least favorite radionuclides, nothing against it but I’m not a fan of collecting radionuclides with short half-lives for obvious reasons even though polonium as an element is quite interesting 😔😔

radeye is garbage considering the price and you are an idiot for having spent money on it, they just scam government idiots out of their money

the 1000+ nukes detonated in nevada might have caused a rain cloud here and there with the fallout landing in random locations, spreading a cancer or two

Lmfao what people collect

Those are some very interesting sources! It’s super cool to see the count rates from the Am-241 on the RadEye B20-ER. Thanks for another great episode!

The biggest problem is they are run by a bunch of pansies trying to place environmental issues on certain things in order to make more money via fines and the tax payers yet they push newer tech that is actually no better. Thus replacing one evil with 2 additional evils. It’s much like their issues with mercury. We had a very small mercury spill at a local junior high school and they shut the school down for 4 weeks while they performed a clean up of the entire school. We played with mercury when I was little and so did my parents and grandparents yet we have no issues beyond anyone else. Then again we didn’t eat tide pods either!

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Why is it being shown in both 70mm and digital? I think it’s awesome the theater kept their 70mm projector as well as in 100% working order. I’m a child of the 80’s having been born in the 70’s and miss seeing movies on film projectors. There was just a magic to it, a real theater vibe and experience and something that I really miss. It’s much like music from that time as well. I prefer the sound of cassette tape and records and the analog way of recording it as I found it warmer and less perfect and more human. I agree with you take on the movie. I actually mentioned the Demon core and a few other the other near miss situations as well as the tests they conducted to my wife during and after the movie. They really should have added those aspects to the movie. To me it focused more on the scientists and trust issues within the program.

Thanks for sharing.

Americim is boring ahhhhhh

Will I I get super powers if I swim in the pool?.

Drew, How do you clean your workspace after your done making a video like this or handling sources? Do you test the area once its all back in safe keeping?

I find it mildly astonishing that a person who spends so much time on this topic still mispronounces the word "nuclear".