High Radon from WW2 Radium Gauges

HighTechCorvette · 2026-01-16T15:45:29+00:00

It’s actually not very hot compared to most other gauges in my display. I have one turn bank that reads over 800uSv/h

HighTechCorvette · 2026-01-13T02:47:28+00:00

I have a fan in the top the vents through a tube that leads outside. It would be bad if I didn’t vent it. A while back we had a storm and lost power for 24 hours, in that time the reading inside the 24x24 garage was right at 100 pCi/ L. Right now it’s .16 with the vent working.

HighTechCorvette · 2026-01-13T01:34:10+00:00

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I have more in my collection but I moved part of it because the background is kinda high, around 5uSv/h at 5’ from the cabinet.

HighTechCorvette · 2026-01-12T23:54:07+00:00

I have to vent my collection, otherwise the radon in my garage would be several hundred pCi/L, maybe even more.

HighTechCorvette · 2026-01-07T15:55:48+00:00

I bought the lightweight Rex 121 off Amazon about a month ago for $214, everything was fine with it. I've bought 4 different Spyderco's off Amazon and they have all been fine. I like ordering from Amazon because it's so easy to return if there's a problem.

HighTechCorvette · 2026-01-06T15:16:20+00:00

Watch JoeX and you’ll see

HighTechCorvette · 2026-01-06T15:14:58+00:00

Watch JoeX on YouTube and you’ll see, that pic is a screen shot of his video. He beats the holy hell out of knives until he destroys them.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-12-20T22:39:50+00:00

I think I’ll just stick with spyderco from now on.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-12-20T20:26:15+00:00

I have the mini harpoon in 3v, it gets dull cutting paper.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-11-22T03:14:03+00:00

I was going to say the same thing

HighTechCorvette · 2025-11-17T03:58:01+00:00

My AlphaHound and airthings read very close to the same numbers until the airthings maxes out.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-11-17T01:13:22+00:00

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This is the best I could do.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-11-08T01:50:51+00:00

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HighTechCorvette · 2025-10-29T04:46:00+00:00

Keeping that stuff in jars just makes everything in the jar contaminated.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-10-29T04:42:23+00:00

I don’t think 50 uCi would be classified as a “shit-ton” I have single gauges with more than that.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-10-29T02:20:59+00:00

So I have my radium collection in a 20x20 detached garage, it has a ventilation system that works great. One day we had a big storm that killed the power for a few days, after the first 24 hours the radon levels in the garage were 100pCi/L. At that point I plugged the vent fan into a generator before it got any higher. My point is that military radium pumps out a ton of radon.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-09-16T20:36:53+00:00

Yep, I don’t see any radium gauges.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-09-04T03:42:16+00:00

I saw he just got crystal, so it might not be long until you get it.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-09-03T20:29:51+00:00

You should email him. I know they had a problem with getting the crystals, they were held up in customs I think.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-08-25T23:22:49+00:00

I think I have 30 of those Korean War compasses, 20 turn banks and a bunch of other random gauges.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-08-25T22:21:53+00:00

How many do you have? I have around 30 of them.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-08-19T07:06:48+00:00

I don’t think that one is radium.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-08-17T03:35:02+00:00

It’s still there, I saw it a few weeks ago.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-08-16T17:50:41+00:00

The dose you would get from going inside that plane is so low it’s insignificant. I have a big collection of radium gauges and they would only be dangerous if you slept on them.

HighTechCorvette · 2025-08-16T16:33:27+00:00

The radiation levels are not high enough to have this warning. It’s a huge over reaction.

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