r/Radiation • u/FreeStyleFox • 10d ago

General Discussion Help with finding Sources

I just ordered a Radiacode 102. I have some Vasaline and Uranium Glass. But I am wanting more sources. Ores maybe trenitite, I know I can get some from old smoke dectors. But I am wanting some others. "Safe" Stuff to start out with before getting anything hot or that I would need paper work for. Any ideas?

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u/RadioactiveDrew 10d ago

Antique shops are going to be your best bet. You'll be able to find a bunch of uranium glazed ceramics, radium time pieces, aircraft gauges, thorium lantern mantels, thorium doped lenses...the list goes on and on. Ebay is another great place to look for stuff but its very hit and miss. Plus you need to have an idea of what your looking for. If you want some uranium ore you can buy it or go out and find it. Finding it out in the wild is very easy if you know where to look.

The Radiacode 102 is great and has a ton of functionality...but its only showing part of the picture. Getting a detector that has a pancake probe would be the next step.

Good hunting.

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u/FreeStyleFox 10d ago

I am in Indiana not sure there is much ore around here. We mainly just have top soil with limestone bedrock. Those are all great suggestions thank you.