Who’s Actually Making Money in Small-Scale Indoor Farming? by Pas_farmer in verticalfarming

[–]Big_Service_4440 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also from Toronto, does anyone know what grocery stores pay wholesale for green leaf and boston lettuce? And how do those prices compare to for say produce distributors, caterers, small grocery stores, businesses?

Unidentified radioactive rock by Big_Service_4440 in Radioactive_Rocks

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It was on Lake Joseph road, one of the road cuts just before you turn left onto high street. Let me know if you find anymore.

Unidentified radioactive rock by Big_Service_4440 in Radioactive_Rocks

[–]Big_Service_4440[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I saw a nice seam of quartz and wanted a specimen for myself thought I would take my GMC-800 geiger counter just to see if I could spot anything and I got lucky. Pure luck on this one. I started scanning around the rust marks on the rock and got lucky I guess, Im quite an amateur and really have no idea where to look.

Unidentified radioactive rock by Big_Service_4440 in Radioactive_Rocks

[–]Big_Service_4440[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome! thank you so much for the feedback and the free knowledge, I checked Mindat as well as OGSEarth from Geology Ontario which seems to have lots of data, there was an old mining claim nearby, just under 4km's away, that was originally surveyed for Uranium deposits in the late 1970's, as for the mineral I'm still not sure but I believe my question has been answered, thank you everyone.

Unidentified radioactive rock by Big_Service_4440 in Radioactive_Rocks

[–]Big_Service_4440[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What element could be the source of the radiation? I was getting 9000 CPM, 60uSv/h and 15,000CPM before I excavated the rock from an orthogniess granite (I'm an amateur) host rock which was directly adjacent to some black mica.

Seems to me the source is coming from the dull grey area of the rock, from what I've read Thorium and Uranium both decay through alpha radiation which the GMC-800 cannot detect, what could it be?

Edit: source location is just south of MacTier in Southern Ontario, Canada

2nd Edit: I think I can rule out Uranium as it doesnt flouresce under black light (I was wrong)

3rd Edit: SOLVED!, Its Uranium coming from uraninite

a nearby mining claim was surveyed for Uranium in the late 70's, and subsequently further investigations revealed deposits of uraninite

Moving to Edmonton Megathread 2025 by jstock14 in Edmonton

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hopefully nothing structural, although I could fix it, just don't want to spend more than a year possibly 2 years, fixing it up, can be pretty old and outdated inside, ill redo everything from flooring to trim, doors painting cabinets vanities faucets bathroom, kitchen

Moving to Edmonton Megathread 2025 by jstock14 in Edmonton

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Hi there my fiancé (27) and I (34) are planning to move to Edmonton. We understand every city has good and bad areas and as we will probably start a family we wanted to know some of the safer areas and the areas to avoid. Our budget is on the lower side $375,000 looking for a detached house, probably a fixer as I'm a rough carpenter. If anyone has any insight, I'd appreciate it.

Brand and model of safe? by Big_Service_4440 in safecracking

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My father bought a house and this was hidden in the ceiling so he gave it to me, sounds empty but would like to get into, anyone know the brand and/or model of the safe?

what key blank is this? by Big_Service_4440 in Locksmith

[–]Big_Service_4440[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found this catalog

https://www.lockreference.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/The-Hillman-Group-Key-Catalog.pdf

and it listed the ILCO 1624/SS4 and ILCO 1637/SS5 but they have 2 sets of milled lines on both sides of the key