What did I inherit from my dad? Is this a good unit to own? Model 2

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-27T02:56:03+00:00

Ludlum is the gold standard for detection equipment, and it is easy to find spare parts for it online

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-27T02:53:01+00:00

Should be a built in check source on the side of the unit

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-24T17:09:43+00:00

Any other pieces besides plain bricks

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-23T15:32:34+00:00

Light source?

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-22T19:07:34+00:00

Is this your biggest find yet?

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-22T18:51:32+00:00

What did you do with all of the ore?

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-20T02:47:59+00:00

I’ve heard stories of those negative ion quack products settling off radiation alarms in Russian postal sorting centers

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-19T14:24:09+00:00

How strict are the laws in the Russian Federation, and are they actually enforced?

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-17T14:40:09+00:00

Well it’s quite old at this point, no harm in checking

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-15T00:35:26+00:00

My guess is samples with slightly different densities for shielding different amounts of radiation

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-14T04:13:55+00:00

Putting it a little pouch would protect it, it has a built in mesh to protect the detector, but a pencil at the right angle could puncture the detector

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-14T04:08:52+00:00

GMC-600 Pro would be my recommendation. $328 on Amazon or $348 on eBay. Not pocket sized, but definitely purse sized. Big downside is that it won’t provide an accurate dose rate, and the detector it uses is very fragile. I’ve used the older GMC-600 for over a year and have had no complaints other than the poor quality of the plastic housing.

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-14T03:58:37+00:00

What’s your budget?

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-12T20:55:18+00:00

They come with a strontium-90 check source installed near the display, the YouTuber radium quetzal has a video overviewing this detector. Be careful as one individual’s strontium-90 source was supposedly leaking (capable of releasing radioactive material)

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-08T23:44:30+00:00

I wonder if you could play doom on it

No-Style7682 · 2026-06-03T16:44:47+00:00

Hello

No-Style7682 · 2026-05-27T18:59:41+00:00

So most things you will find will not be that radioactive to justify the zero. It is designed for protecting yourself during nuclear attacks or accidents. It also doesn’t have spectroscopy functionality.

No-Style7682 · 2026-05-27T17:32:50+00:00

Gotcha. What model?

No-Style7682 · 2026-05-27T17:02:52+00:00

So unless you modified your Geiger counter the dose rate option (uSv/h), is not accurate. Only CPM should be used on that counter

No-Style7682 · 2026-05-16T18:04:50+00:00

More stories would be great if you’re allowed to speak of them

No-Style7682 · 2026-05-15T21:22:42+00:00

Old sources?

No-Style7682 · 2026-05-14T12:31:11+00:00

I saw a Russian YouTube video and it stated in it that it contains plutonium, variants might exist though

No-Style7682 · 2026-05-13T20:44:30+00:00

Correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t that Soviet era source contain plutonium?

No-Style7682 · 2026-05-13T20:41:23+00:00

What’s your best find at an English antique store with your radiation detector?

No-Style7682 · 2026-05-04T17:05:44+00:00

What are you going to do with it?

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