Hunting Uranium Ore Episode 3 w/ RadiaCode 102 and Raysid
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2023
- Part 3 of my "Hunting Uranium Ore" series. This time in the former german uranium mining area between Zobes, Mechelgrün and Neuensalz in the Vogtland region.
00:00:10 Introduction
00:07:20 Hotspot 1
00:13:50 Hotspot 2
00:14:50 Hotspot 3 (the hottest...)
00:16:00 Examination of Hotspot 3
00:25:50 Conclusion after examination
00:26:15 Hotspot 4
00:27:15 Specimen 1
00:28:15 Hotspot 5
00:37:50 Specimen 2
00:38:20 Hotspot 6
00:39:40 Specimen 3
00:41:50 Specimen 4
00:42:50 Hotspot 7
00:50:10 Specimen 5
00:51:30 Breaking Specimen 5 apart
01:00:15 Close-up footage of the minerals
01:02:45 Photographs - Věda a technologie
Timestamps:
00:00:10 Introduction
00:07:20 Hotspot 1
00:13:50 Hotspot 2
00:14:50 Hotspot 3 (the hottest...)
00:16:00 Examination of Hotspot 3
00:25:50 Conclusion after examination
00:26:15 Hotspot 4
00:27:15 Specimen 1
00:28:15 Hotspot 5
00:37:50 Specimen 2
00:38:20 Hotspot 6
00:39:40 Specimen 3
00:41:50 Specimen 4
00:42:50 Hotspot 7
00:50:10 Specimen 5
00:51:30 Breaking Specimen 5 apart
01:00:15 Close-up footage of the minerals
01:02:45 Photographs
Those rocks are beautiful! You are a tough man!
I am not tough & they are not beautiful...
But thanks anyways:)
Ebenfalls wieder ein sehr gutes Video, danke! Gleichzeitig spannend, entspannend und interessant. Plus super Qualität und Index, einfach alles perfekt. Wie viel Uran da wohl in einem Kilo der kontaminierten Erde steckt? Wie man sehen konnte, gibt's da ja wirklich teils keine Spots sondern alles ist gleichmäßig verteilt. Auch interessant, dass das alles nicht verwertet wird/wurde. Entweder eine Riesenverschwendung, oder Erbe für künftige Generationen, falls - aus welchem Grund auch immer - Atomkraft wieder nötig wird.
Das Gebiet im Vogtland wurde in der Frühphase der SDAG Wismut ausgebeutet, also in den frühen 1950er und 60er Jahren. Man hat zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch nicht sonderlich gründlich gearbeitet. Es ging eher um schnelle Erfolge, um das Atomwaffenprogramm der Sowjetunion voranzubringen. Abgesehen davon geht natürlich im Bergbau immer etwas daneben. Kurios ist aber die Tatsache, dass das Material unter dem Fundament gelandet ist :)
It's so incredibly. I've been to three of your locations in the past before. Seeing someone else visiting them aswell makes me incredibly happy
Which locations did you visit and what have you found?
@RADiOiNactivity I've been to Wittichen Zobes and Johanngeorgenstadt. In Wittichen I found a lot of fluorescent green minerals, but with a rather weak radioactivity. Same goes for the other two. But near Gera is a spot with Pitchblende. Those specimens have activities of up to 600 mikrosievert per hour. It's located on an intersection of three roads. In the past the builders ran out of stones to put under the road so thet used rocks from the uranium mines. There might still be a lot of them buried there next to the road.
Do you mean the road crossing between Albertsdorf, Großdraxdorf and Wernsdorf? With this knowledge you are probably from Germany i would guess :)
@RADiOiNactivity yeah exactly that spot. :D have you been there before?
Yup I'm from Germany.
@@trapicecreamy6871 Na da hab ich doch richtig geraten :) Ich war an der Stelle noch nicht, steht aber auf meiner Liste. Ist das vernünftige Pechblende, oder nur schwarzer Dreck? Ich frage deshalb, weil man im Erzfeld Ronneburg zwar die größten Uranvorkommen Europas vorliegen hatte, aber eben nicht in Form schöner Mineralien. Das war alles bröckeliger Schwarzschiefer. Vermutlich stammt das Material an der Kreuzung von irgendeiner anderen Halde (z.B. aus dem Erzgebirge), die zur Gewinnung von Schotter genutzt wurde.
Wow nice find at 50:00 😆
Nice hunting! That Radiacode 102 is very impressive.
Much appreciated!
It's a very nice device to just keep in a pocket in order to find radioactive hotspots. It's quite capable as an amateur gamma spectroscopy device as well.
Thanks for posting.
You are welcome!
Cool video. Good music at the end. 👍
Does any of it glow under UV?
Thank you! No sadly no fluorescence this time. In my fourth and fifth video i found many nice pieces that glow when exposed to UV light.
Again, a nice video. Did you also visit the quarry nearby? Typelocaliy of Uranocircit and Bergenit. I've heard they are filling it up, wondering if its still worth a visit right now.
I never visited the quarry but i know the location. I once was at the "Streuberg Halde" which belongs to shaft 254. This is really close to the quarry in the woods. I dont think that there is much left to find, but i will visit both places soon and make a video. Maybe i can find something good now that i have very sensitive scintillation counters. My dream would be a uranocircite crystal measuring one centimeter, but i doubt ill ever find one :)
Hello my friend, nice video !
I have a little question, what is the difference between the radiacode 101 and 102 ??
Keep up the good work !
Thank you!
I once had conversation with the manufacturer via mail and i can quote what he said about the new RC-102:
"- Changes to the instrument's body. The device is now more rugged and easier to manufacture for mass production;
- Slight improvement in the spectrometer's resolving power. For Radiacode 102, it is approximately 9-10% at 662 keV, compared to RadiaCode-101 with 11-12% resolution;
- Higher sensitivity to low-energy radiation;
- Circuit solutions designed to increase resistance to electromagnetic interference and electrostatic discharges.
We would also like to note that due to the new circuitry solutions, power consumption has increased. This results in a limitation of autonomous operation to approx 220 hours, according to last tests on a fully charged battery (compared to 500 hours with the current RadiaCode-101)"
The price also was decreased a little bit to 259€ without VAT. I am not trying to sell stuff to anybody and i bought every device with my own money, but i can tell you that for this price there is probably no better device on the market right now.
@@RADiOiNactivity Ok very nice thank you for this, you're awesome, i will defenetly think about getting one, it will change me from my GMC 300... ;)
That looks like it was a fun little trip. What detector are you using at the end of the stick? Oh and I like your watch too!
Thank you! The stick is originally made for the Raysid scintillation detector. Someone i know printed a adapter for me, so that i can also use the stick in combination with the RadiaCode device.
@@RADiOiNactivity That's a good idea and it seems to work well.
Nice series on uranium hunting!
Ever plan on meeting up with other hunters and/or going to other countries?
Thank you! I already covered two countries, maybe some more will follow :)
If someone was willing to team up within central europe that should be possible
@@RADiOiNactivity I am down for Poland if that is on your list.
@@BVT_Scorp Yes i wanted to visit Poland one day. Have you been to the Giant Mountains?
There seems to be quite alot of uranium deposits
@@RADiOiNactivity I have been a couple of times yes, but not yet for visiting the deposits. I definitely want to go there next though.
Always enjoy these vidoes ..would be cool to go on my own adventure one day ..which device to you like better raysid or radiacode?
Thank you! Your question is kinda hard to answer. I like both devices and i would not give away either of them. My dream would be Raysid hardware with RadiaCode software. However a direct comparison is not really fair since there is only one person behind the Raysid device and a "real" company with experience in radiation detectors working on the RadiaCode... A single person will never be able to produce and optimize something simultaneously without compromises.
If you need maximum sensitivity and already own something like a standard geiger counter to measure higher dose rates by all means buy a Raysid.
If you want one device only with reliable software and the greatest possible range of functions i would choose the RadiaCode.
Very fair ,I would agree with you on being able to mix the best features of both devices.but using in conjunction with each other is getting the best of both worlds .I just ordered my raysid will be shipped I believe in 1 to 2 weeks. I already own the better gieger s-1 and the radiacode 102 now for 3 weeks or so .and I love it!! Great device.like you said app is pretty good and be able to have a monitor on the device is splendid. Thank you for the reply. Hope you have a good one !! ☢👍
I love your spelunking videos especially the ones with audio explaining what you're doing please include this audio in your future videos. The ones with out it are slightly boring
Don´t lie to me...every video is boring :)
Can you tell a difference between naturally ocurring uranium versus enriched uranium? I am planning an expedition with a Radiacode 103 into areas that did enrichment and would really appreciate any advice you could give me
Natural uranium has distinctive peaks for the different gamma energies of Radium 226 and some other decay products. With relatively pure depleted or enriched uranium it takes very long for radium and other members of the decay chain to build up again. Still you can see distinctive peaks at 185 and 205 keV with HEU. There are also the low energy uranium xrays but i don´t know if the resolution of the gamma scout is enough to clearly show them. Another option would be alpha spectroscopy.
I found something useful here: www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1893520
The important part starts at page 21.
@@RADiOiNactivity Thank you so much for your information and the time you took to share it with. I will review and get back to you.
@RADiOiNactivity Much more than I could have hoped for, spot on. Thank you again and happy hunting sir. I'll watch more
Почему вы сначала ищите Raysid а после переходите на радиакод?) Мне казалось что радиакод более чувствительноый и как поисковик подходит больше)
Кристалл Raysid более тонкий и крупный (5см³). Мне нравится искать с помощью RadiaCode, потому что он немного менее чувствителен. Точки доступа легче найти с помощью Raysid.
What are the reasons why you switch to the radiacode once you have found a hotspot?
The Raysid is more sensitive and better to find even small hotspots. To locate the piece a less sensitive device is sometimes better. It is also advantageos to have a display on the device, because you can see the value increasing. Keep in mind that i already turned down the clickrate of the Raysid to 1:5. So you basically hear every fifth impuls as a audible click. A 1:1 click ratio means that even background radiation sounds very wild, because the device already registers 15-25 impulses per second.
Makes sense! Thanks for the reply.
Is the radiacode energy compensated? Can you make measurment comparison with Raysid?
Yes it is energy compensated. The problem is that i can only measure some hot rocks and that is not a good comparison. A real comparison would be a strong homogeneous radiation field in a lab measured in quite some distance.
A good sized pile of U ore at a distance would be a pretty good approximation of a uniform field. In fact the best place to compare the two would've been at one of those hotspots at the former mine site! I'm sure they'll read pretty damn similar volumes, probably to within 10% of each other
It would have been a good field test, thats for sure. Even though i would not describe it as a pile of ore. It is more of a soil contamination with small particles. In my experience the devices show similar doserates starting at 1 uSv/h. To me doserates below that dont really matter that much anyways. With very low doserates (lets say below 0,5 uSv/h) the Radiacode tends to give lower numbers than the Raysid.
@@RADiOiNactivity when I said pile of U ore I meant the samples you have back at home
@@inductivelycoupledplasma6207 Oh i see. This is something i could try. Maybe placing multiple samples in a circle around the device.
They area you were digging must be hotter than a $3 pistol.
Sounds much worse than it actually is :)
@@RADiOiNactivity if you happen to have one of those old Antique u.s. civil defence GIger counters it would be interesting to see how it reads in a spot like those.
@@bobbytowesr3387 I don't own a CDV 700. They are not very common here in Germany.
First. You got the radiacode 102 what are you going to do with the 101?
You can never have too many measuring devices :)
@@RADiOiNactivity alr. I haven't bought a radiacode 102 or 101 yet hope I can buy it on my birthday
How much more sensitive is the radiacode 102 then the 101
@@SOVIET_NIET The resolution when doing spectroscopy is slightly better. The sensitivity of the scintillation crystal is identical.
@@RADiOiNactivity what is the res for the 102
Hello friend! I am in need of a nice sample like what you find, have you considered selling some of the specimens?
This would probably be a good idea to make some space. The problem is how can someone ship minerals like this? Within the EU this should be possible i guess.
@@RADiOiNactivity I believe it is fine as long as it is shielded & local jurisdiction may require a label. Do you have an inquiry email?
I created a new mail account for the channel. Should be visible on the about page.
@@RADiOiNactivity Amazing to hear! I sent on over. Cheers!
not sure if these are really natural minerals, could be pieces of slag left behind after uranium extraction
There was no uranium extraction happening on this site. These are all natural pieces of uranium ore.
@@RADiOiNactivity I trust you but what can it be? Uraninite? They look a bit spongy similar to slag that’s why I assumed these are not natural. The activity is also not terrible for a uranium ore with decay products that are more radioactive than U itself. They don’t look like carnotite or complex silicates but like uraninite/oxide. Do you have some analyses?
@@Robocop-qe7le I don´t have any analysis on those specimen but i am certain that there was no uranium extraction on this property. The two yellow cake production plants were located elsewhere in eastern germany. The identification of uranium minerals is always hard. Especially if you look into the secondary minerals. Also not every small piece of uraninite is that radioactive. In video no 7 i found some botryoidal uraninite that was also quite weak.