Very good video! Radioactive rocks are my some of my favorite rocks. Thank you for not being one of those people that go crazy when they talk about radiation. The thing that one has to keep in mind with radiation is time. Also good job on wearing gloves, uranium is also a heavy metal and is about as toxic as lead. The three minutes you were showing off your rocks, you didn’t get any appreciable dose of radiation. Also it is good that you didn’t your measurements like uSv/h or mr/h because those measurements are designed to be used for dose and are only accurate when used with a detector that can measure energy levels of individual radioactive decays like a cesium iodide scintillation detector.
Thank you, I just kinda wanted to introduce some of the subject here on my channel. I agree the radiation isn't really something to get hung up on. I mean its all about exposer over time and well these shouldn’t be rocks you keep on your night stand but you can keep them safely for sure.
I’m from Nevada there you can spin around in the desert stop and you are probably looking towards a uranium mine. They are very abundant just outside of Vegas.
Love how you bring out so many different examples. Certainly impressive the uv reactive ore. Looking at background radiation maps is really interesting to see just how hot some places are.
These radiation detectors are fun to play with, and radioactive ore is a wonderful addition to a collection. United Nuclear has a great website that has excellent information on storing and handling low level radioactive samples as well as many other fascinating scientific items, warning labels for your collection, etc. as well as uranium hunting trips. Looking forward to your visits to the uranium mines!
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So I am learning more and more about this subject and its fascinating, but also somewhat scary (again, I am untrained/ignorant on the subject) does anyone have any recommendations as to where I can find out more info on this type of stuff? Such as video recommendations and how to keep yourself safe from radioactive objects. Thanks!
I visited the Trinity site in 2014, I think I’ve had my fill of radioactive stuff. Lol I hadn’t heard of the first two things you showed though, very cool!
as a sidenote: every single one of us ingests radioactive isotopes every day. C14, K40 for example are naturally occurring radioactive isotopes. There's radon gas coming from the earth, so just saying "radiation is dangerous" is an oversimplification. As with anything, dosage is key. Eating an average banana does in no way shape or form endanger you (radiologically speaking) Ingesting a spent fuel rod would be a very fatal mistake though.
People freak out about radiation. It's really pretty simple, avoid the dust. People have no idea of the radioactive stuff around them. If you've been to a flea market or antique shop you can pretty much guarantee you've been around some relatively hot stuff with no clue. As an entertaining example, I've been known to collect watches. I have a watch display box which I had stuck under my bed to keep cats from messing with it. Until I got a Radiacode, I had no clue one of watches was pretty spicy. The radium paint had faded, there is no visible glow without a very powerful UV light. I'm glad I never took the watch apart to clean or repair it. Lol Needless to say, I no longer store my watches under the bed. 😂
Hall Monitors HAHAHAHAHA! @6:13 Living next to tons of radioactive material might not be a good thing bro I like that tool. I bought and old civil defense radiacmeter but have yet to use it. Cheers broseph
@@CurrentlyRockhounding There is plenty of room for you down here m8 and most of us don't lick rocks haha. SW Oregon is wayyyyy different than the...."progressive" north and Bend is awesome as well. I have to admit that you have access to some amazing places up there though. Cheers man
Awesome video I collect vaseline glass and stuff but it's not nearly this hot Would love to add some beepy rocks to my collection maybe one day!! Love the videos keep being awesome man!
I had a professor tell me that if you stick the tip of your tongue on crissacollia (I can't spell...possibly from dead brain cells), that it will stick to it. I never tried to stick my tongue on chalcanthite, even though it's also blue and I think its related to copper. I have some autunite and it's fluorescence lights up my world. Never tried a line of it, so I guess I'm 🤷 okay..
You should definitely upgrade instruments, those cheap Amazon Geiger counters are ok but they are slow to react and not very sensitive. A used Ludlum model 12 ratemeter with a 44-9 pancake G-M probe and a gamma scintillator (a Ludlum 44-2 is fine, but you can do better) is ideal for finding things in the field. The best part about used Ludlum stuff is the company is awesome. The prices to send something in to be worked on and calibrated are far more reasonable than other similar companies. Plus they are just super nice people!
Clearly those are better but telling me to make an upgrade to something that is $400-$2500 more depending on condition, calibration and accessory's isn't really helpful but I do agree it would be nice to have something like that.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Notice I said “used”. $2500 is pretty much buying a brand new instrument from Ludlum. Which you can certainly do, but it’s a bit silly for a hobby unless you happen to have money burning a hole in your pocket. You can do much better than that used with patience. And you’ll have a superior tool in the end that will last forever if you take care of it.
Please be careful a similar button on a modern day smoke detector I have with my rad code 103 detected 100,000+ count per minute off a similar button only because GMC cannot see all alpha and gamma some bypass it. I have a GMC 320 and it only goes to 400 CPM with the same button but with a rad code 103 it goes to over 100,000 count per minute.
Very cool! I like your little Geiger counter. Can you switch it to different units such as mR/hr? Did your button of Americium come out of a smoke detector? That's really cool that some of the rocks react to UV. The earth is amazing! Thanks, this was fun!
Also remember every GM tube is different and some are more sensitive than others. CPM measures the amount of ‘strikes’ on the GM tube the dose rate such as mR/h is done using a conversion ratio set on the Geiger counter depending on the tube. So it will convert CPM to the dose rate. The issue is that manufacturers set them differently even for the same model of GM tube. The only accurate way to compare the radioactivity of specimens is to use the exact same Geiger counter with the same GM tube and the same conversion ratio for the dose rate (if you are using the dose rate) but that still doesn’t exclude all the variables.
🇨🇦 Thank you for sharing this. I had no idea what radioactive rocks looked like. I had heard they could have a pretty yellow color but had no idea what to look for. Are there certain indicators that a rock might be radioactive? I sometimes use rock or colored soil to make pigments for paint and wouldn't want to make myself or worse, someone else sick by unknowingly using dangerous materials in my paints. When you do the filming in area that these mines are in can you tell us what safety precautions or equipment is needed when collecting these items? Just a point of interest: I used to work for a company that some of the things we shipped were radio active. We had a special area on the packing desks that the radioactive products had to be packed on. Then we had to wear a lead vest and pack it on a lead sheet. I don't know what levels of radiation we were working with but companies like to cover their butts when dealing with anything hazardous. This same company dealt with shipping biohazard and chemical materials for medical labs. I have to wonder why lead works to contain radiation?
Radioactive rocks do not necessarly have a color to them, sometimes they can just looking your standard boring old rock. For the most part you don't need to take many percations other than insuring you do not ingest any of it.
Lead absorbs the radiation because of its very high density, thus preventing any from passing through. Different levels of radiation require different thicknesses of lead for proper shielding.
Cool stuff man hay man sorry for that comment last time i just got back on my account an deleted it it was one my my son's little shit of a friend as soon as I seen it I logged out I was I the hospital about to go into surgery on my arm sorry man..
@@CurrentlyRockhoundingSorry, seems I missed your reply... I was just making fun. The mineral is called autunite, not aunutite. ☺ Great videos, though!
Very good video! Radioactive rocks are my some of my favorite rocks. Thank you for not being one of those people that go crazy when they talk about radiation. The thing that one has to keep in mind with radiation is time. Also good job on wearing gloves, uranium is also a heavy metal and is about as toxic as lead. The three minutes you were showing off your rocks, you didn’t get any appreciable dose of radiation. Also it is good that you didn’t your measurements like uSv/h or mr/h because those measurements are designed to be used for dose and are only accurate when used with a detector that can measure energy levels of individual radioactive decays like a cesium iodide scintillation detector.
Thank you, I just kinda wanted to introduce some of the subject here on my channel. I agree the radiation isn't really something to get hung up on. I mean its all about exposer over time and well these shouldn’t be rocks you keep on your night stand but you can keep them safely for sure.
I’m from Nevada there you can spin around in the desert stop and you are probably looking towards a uranium mine. They are very abundant just outside of Vegas.
Thanks for the info... Im getting one of these -- I live in moab and we rock hound abandoned mines every weekend.
Love how you bring out so many different examples. Certainly impressive the uv reactive ore. Looking at background radiation maps is really interesting to see just how hot some places are.
I do like looking at those maps.
These radiation detectors are fun to play with, and radioactive ore is a wonderful addition to a collection. United Nuclear has a great website that has excellent information on storing and handling low level radioactive samples as well as many other fascinating scientific items, warning labels for your collection, etc. as well as uranium hunting trips. Looking forward to your visits to the uranium mines!
I didn't know about that website. they have so much fun stuff. Thanks for the tip.
Their prices are scams. Please do not use GMC geiger counters.
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So I am learning more and more about this subject and its fascinating, but also somewhat scary (again, I am untrained/ignorant on the subject) does anyone have any recommendations as to where I can find out more info on this type of stuff? Such as video recommendations and how to keep yourself safe from radioactive objects. Thanks!
The best resource for this is the free book Here be Dragons : The Care and Feeding of Radioactive Mineral Species
I visited the Trinity site in 2014, I think I’ve had my fill of radioactive stuff. Lol I hadn’t heard of the first two things you showed though, very cool!
Radioactive stuff is so fun! I love some dangerous minerals. I really want to get some sulphur ore this summer.
Cool video great information great knowledge thank u
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
as a sidenote:
every single one of us ingests radioactive isotopes every day.
C14, K40 for example are naturally occurring radioactive isotopes.
There's radon gas coming from the earth, so just saying "radiation is dangerous" is an oversimplification.
As with anything, dosage is key. Eating an average banana does in no way shape or form endanger you (radiologically speaking) Ingesting a spent fuel rod would be a very fatal mistake though.
Ahhh yes, the forbidden pez candies
蓝莓里的铯😊
You should store the hot stuff in a lead pig. The same stuff would read double of higher with a pancake probe with better geiger
That would be good, but I don't have those things, unfortunately.
Love this video you give the best science lessons
Thank you, I try to hit the high notes on subjects before going more in-depth.
People freak out about radiation.
It's really pretty simple, avoid the dust.
People have no idea of the radioactive stuff around them. If you've been to a flea market or antique shop you can pretty much guarantee you've been around some relatively hot stuff with no clue.
As an entertaining example, I've been known to collect watches. I have a watch display box which I had stuck under my bed to keep cats from messing with it. Until I got a Radiacode, I had no clue one of watches was pretty spicy. The radium paint had faded, there is no visible glow without a very powerful UV light. I'm glad I never took the watch apart to clean or repair it. Lol
Needless to say, I no longer store my watches under the bed. 😂
Next episode, Jared gets bitten by a spider and turns into SUPER SPIDER-MAN!
Hahaha
😅
Hall Monitors HAHAHAHAHA!
@6:13 Living next to tons of radioactive material might not be a good thing bro
I like that tool. I bought and old civil defense radiacmeter but have yet to use it.
Cheers broseph
I mean its not that bad.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding There is plenty of room for you down here m8 and most of us don't lick rocks haha.
SW Oregon is wayyyyy different than the...."progressive" north and Bend is awesome as well. I have to admit that you have access to some amazing places up there though.
Cheers man
@@TheRogueRockhound Oh I know alllll about Oregon, we use to live in Portland before escaping to the middle of nowhere Washington.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Escape is the correct wording for portland area lol
Interesting topic, thank you 😊💙
Love the Urainium Videos!!
🖖🇺🇦🙏
I would like to do more of them.
Yeah Bugger off hall monitors AKA Rock Karen
LOL 2 comments after yours is a woman named Karen! Hopefully she is in on the meme.
I prefer pretty stuff, but this is fascinating!
Can you give a rough cpm value to microsieverts for the meter?
Love this video my friend!!
So cool!!
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Awesome video I collect vaseline glass and stuff but it's not nearly this hot Would love to add some beepy rocks to my collection maybe one day!! Love the videos keep being awesome man!
Ha I like calling them beepy rocks!
So how do you store them!?
Everything I have is in lead lined box in my shed but I have plans for some better storage.
I had a professor tell me that if you stick the tip of your tongue on crissacollia (I can't spell...possibly from dead brain cells), that it will stick to it. I never tried to stick my tongue on chalcanthite, even though it's also blue and I think its related to copper. I have some autunite and it's fluorescence lights up my world. Never tried a line of it, so I guess I'm 🤷 okay..
One radioactive thing you can eat is potassium
I wouldn’t say living near Radioactive material is “lucky”.
If you have smoke detectors, then you're living close to the radioactive element Americium.
You should definitely upgrade instruments, those cheap Amazon Geiger counters are ok but they are slow to react and not very sensitive. A used Ludlum model 12 ratemeter with a 44-9 pancake G-M probe and a gamma scintillator (a Ludlum 44-2 is fine, but you can do better) is ideal for finding things in the field. The best part about used Ludlum stuff is the company is awesome. The prices to send something in to be worked on and calibrated are far more reasonable than other similar companies. Plus they are just super nice people!
Clearly those are better but telling me to make an upgrade to something that is $400-$2500 more depending on condition, calibration and accessory's isn't really helpful but I do agree it would be nice to have something like that.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Notice I said “used”. $2500 is pretty much buying a brand new instrument from Ludlum. Which you can certainly do, but it’s a bit silly for a hobby unless you happen to have money burning a hole in your pocket. You can do much better than that used with patience. And you’ll have a superior tool in the end that will last forever if you take care of it.
Please be careful a similar button on a modern day smoke detector I have with my rad code 103 detected 100,000+ count per minute off a similar button only because GMC cannot see all alpha and gamma some bypass it. I have a GMC 320 and it only goes to 400 CPM with the same button but with a rad code 103 it goes to over 100,000 count per minute.
Very cool! I like your little Geiger counter. Can you switch it to different units such as mR/hr? Did your button of Americium come out of a smoke detector? That's really cool that some of the rocks react to UV. The earth is amazing! Thanks, this was fun!
I can switch it to different units but for the video I though CPM was a little more straight forward. The button did get ripped from a smoke detector.
Also remember every GM tube is different and some are more sensitive than others. CPM measures the amount of ‘strikes’ on the GM tube the dose rate such as mR/h is done using a conversion ratio set on the Geiger counter depending on the tube. So it will convert CPM to the dose rate. The issue is that manufacturers set them differently even for the same model of GM tube. The only accurate way to compare the radioactivity of specimens is to use the exact same Geiger counter with the same GM tube and the same conversion ratio for the dose rate (if you are using the dose rate) but that still doesn’t exclude all the variables.
🇨🇦 Thank you for sharing this. I had no idea what radioactive rocks looked like. I had heard they could have a pretty yellow color but had no idea what to look for. Are there certain indicators that a rock might be radioactive? I sometimes use rock or colored soil to make pigments for paint and wouldn't want to make myself or worse, someone else sick by unknowingly using dangerous materials in my paints. When you do the filming in area that these mines are in can you tell us what safety precautions or equipment is needed when collecting these items? Just a point of interest: I used to work for a company that some of the things we shipped were radio active. We had a special area on the packing desks that the radioactive products had to be packed on. Then we had to wear a lead vest and pack it on a lead sheet. I don't know what levels of radiation we were working with but companies like to cover their butts when dealing with anything hazardous. This same company dealt with shipping biohazard and chemical materials for medical labs. I have to wonder why lead works to contain radiation?
Radioactive rocks do not necessarly have a color to them, sometimes they can just looking your standard boring old rock.
For the most part you don't need to take many percations other than insuring you do not ingest any of it.
Lead absorbs the radiation because of its very high density, thus preventing any from passing through. Different levels of radiation require different thicknesses of lead for proper shielding.
@@gwynnfarrell1856 cell phone radiation especially!
So how do you find them? Do you walk around checking rocks with the geiger counter until you find a nice spicy one?
Pretty much how you do it. Of course like all minerals you want to start by doing research and finding the right areas to look.
"Spicy"! 😅 Nice alternative to "hot"!
Yep, Don't lick rocks 😜. Never have, never will.
The closest thing I have is a Uranium glass pitcher my son got me.
I would love to get some of that in my collection!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Just take your uv light to a thrift store and you'll find a fair amount.
That detector can’t detect alphas or it would be off the scale
Yeah, it's kind of a cheap one.
Wait!! what do you mean don't eat radioactive stuff .... I believe its called "Yellow CAKE " for a reason
Yellow Cake sounds like a great mid day snack.
Don’t lick the rocks. 😆
It’s about 1 xray per hour
How exactly did you calculate that?
@@CurrentlyRockhounding a dental X-ray is about .001 msv .
Cool stuff man hay man sorry for that comment last time i just got back on my account an deleted it it was one my my son's little shit of a friend as soon as I seen it I logged out I was I the hospital about to go into surgery on my arm sorry man..
Nooooo! It's noooot aunutite!! 😫😅
I'm sorry, what are you exactly trying to say here?
@@CurrentlyRockhoundingSorry, seems I missed your reply... I was just making fun. The mineral is called autunite, not aunutite. ☺ Great videos, though!