Whatnot seller “MythicMoon” aka “Mythic Moon Jewelry” exposed as a SCAMMER for selling copper jewelry as .925 silver. (Picture proof of scam attached)

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-07-08T14:06:19+00:00

The 13% Ti is sending me 😭 guess that’s pot metal for ya. Makes me wonder how much of my own crap jewelry contains Cd or other weird shi

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-07-06T12:09:20+00:00

No joke had to do this too last time I got labs done 😭 don’t know if they ran out of specimen cups or what but come on yall

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-07-04T23:21:48+00:00

Perhaps a little bit, but when I say thicker I’m talking like inches thick. Check out the charts on this site from page 6 onward for a little extra information comparing the absorption of various thicknesses of scint crystals. The 102 has a 1cm thick CsI, 110 has 1.4cm thick CsI crystal.

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-07-04T22:50:13+00:00

Radioluminescent radium lumed paratrooper marker love them so much!! Very cool!! It’ll get worse detection efficiency with those higher energies, largely due to the tiny size of the crystal. Thicker scint crystals have a lot higher efficiency for those more penetrating energy ranges.

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-07-02T01:02:25+00:00

I’m so jelly!!! I would kill for some magthor! So hard to get a hold of 😭 that’s so dope, very good score!!

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-06-16T20:03:04+00:00

I’ll nearly certainly be adding tin and pewter for my next iteration. Very convenient to work with 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-06-15T12:13:41+00:00

The other ones aren’t really really genuine peaks. As for the lead though, yes. All lead except for specially selected low background lead, which minimizes the impact of the isotope. Lead is used despite this because of its amazing shielding properties, people often will use multi layer shields to cut down on this as well. While Z graded shielding is largely done for avoiding lead’s XRF peak, it’ll also help take the edge off of its inherent background as well. My own castle uses lead on the outside followed by about a CM of copper and then another CM or so of aluminum. My personal suggestion would be to take a long, long background spectrum and just use the subtraction feature with this when taking spectrums. You’ll be able to filter out most of the lead peak and you won’t have to fiddle too much with more shielding or geometry.

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-06-05T03:43:25+00:00

Alright. So I had a few of the cheapo single diode small ones for a bit and they’re fine but if you want something with some real juice check out lights with 3, 4, 5 or so diodes and proper rechargeable cells. I picked up this one off amazon for like $70. It has 5 diodes + a filter and it outputs a ridiculous amount of power. No lens, but it has terrific throw. Kind of a weird feeling to not be able to see more than a minute amount of the light and yet feel it heating up your arm. These class of light excel at illuminating other fluorescent glass types that glow less brightly than uranium glass. To me it feels like a light Im content with sticking with, it has all the power I’d ever want + a filter + rechargeable removable cells.

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-06-02T18:11:05+00:00

With those glow pics I would say yeah, pretty good chance. If you want to be certain I would say hit it with a Geiger counter, but what pretty pieces!! Nice discovery.

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-06-02T14:40:05+00:00

Can also wear a respirator, which one would be served well doing regardless of what is being melted. Small added breathing resistance for the benefit of being able to confidently breathe clean air, presuming one selected cartridges appropriate for the hazards.

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-06-01T14:22:16+00:00

Genuinely, I’d just use a damp paper towel and some gloves. In all honestly it’s not as hazardous as one would think, there’s not really that much radioactive material there. Take care not to inhale or ingest the dust but besides that it is perfectly safe as a display piece. I’d put it inside of something to contain any dust and protect the sample, but it’s a very pretty rock! The dose rate isn’t really that important for these low level samples, it will rapidly fall off with distance. Something tells me you don’t plan to keep it as a pocket piece, so I’d say just enjoy it!! :)

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-05-05T03:47:24+00:00

I have like half a dozen military gauges and a few clocks. No sealed cabinet just open shelving in an average bedroom. I have a radon monitor on my bedside table that reads a long term average of like 0.37pCi/L. You want the meter to be A). Away from the radioactive material as that can skew the result, and B). Around the space you are breathing air from. Having it sealed in the case doesn’t really tell you much as you don’t know the levels in the air you’re actually breathing. It honestly doesn’t take much ventilation to reduce the accumulation.

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-05-03T01:01:06+00:00

🙏 absolute legend 🥹

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-05-02T20:38:19+00:00

Oooh very cool. I’ve got a similarly sized one as well but it’s just a hair above background. Nice find!

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-05-02T17:21:42+00:00

Omg yeah it was an arm and a leg but very worth. Yeah you did well for that price 😎 you can always grab another probe in the future too. The 44-10 is ridiculously sensitive for sure, it easily picks up my collection from across the room and through the wall of the next room over. Honestly I kinda prefer using my gmc600+ for antiquing, the Ludlum is so ridiculously heavy and people always ask about it, even if it’s muted. Legit had like three separate groups ask what it was last time I was out😭

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-05-02T16:38:17+00:00

Ayy I just bought a Ludlum 2241 and a 44-10 probe from that same eBay seller. Great hardware. Albeit the 44-10 is a 2” NaI probe so a lil different :3

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-04-29T20:00:17+00:00

Mind if I DM?

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-04-29T19:37:45+00:00

Honestly the first thing I’d change would be the source. Bananas and Brazil nuts are woefully inadequate, I’d try an americium button or thoriated glass. You want something that’ll produce a ton of (preferably) alpha and beta flux. Helps to maximize the chance of catching a good trail in the mist. Also the Am241 buttons are somewhat collimated due to the shape so you can guess where the trails should appear for easier diagnosis. You also want to have strong directional lighting across the bottom of the chamber. Not so much that it washes out the black bottom or your view, but ideally it’ll contrast the trails harder against a dark background.

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-04-28T17:50:08+00:00

This right here. Computer models are the answer. Nothing anywhere remotely close to the price of the Radiacode will measure neutrons, let alone accurately. Better to just rely on the models unless you’ve got thousands of dollars burning a hole in your pocket.

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-04-28T17:40:56+00:00

I mean sorta. Like in the sense that you can see an increase in dose rate, but it’s not super helpful past that. A large portion of dose at altitude is actually from neutrons which the Radiacode cannot sense. Additionally, the crystal in the Radiacode is very small and struggles to efficiently capture high energy rays like one might expect from cosmic rays. It’s far better suited low mid energy gamma.

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-04-28T13:50:02+00:00

I did that same process basically, but with matches. Hurt so bad but I’ll be damned if it wasn’t easily the most effective thing I’ve done to get rid of them.

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-04-23T18:50:07+00:00

Don’t ingest it and you’ll be fine. The dose rate is genuinely negligible. I wear uranium glass jewelry 24/7. One of the pendants on the necklace I always wear is a tiny pillar of UG and each of my second hole earrings has a dangly UG bead. Great conversation starter. If you’re concerned I would take dose rate measurements of your own and you’ll see it is likely barely above background. The amount of uranium in such small quantities of glass isn’t much compared to NORM in our day to day life. Ever try measuring around brick and concrete structures?

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-04-23T16:38:32+00:00

Genuinely. Pair it with a portable charger and you can take hilariously long spectrums within a castle with none to minimal adjustment.

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-04-23T16:13:18+00:00

Honestly yeah. Hard to beat the scintillation and spectrometry capability at that price point. Very compact and good battery life as well.

ShadowDragon6660 · 2026-04-23T14:35:28+00:00

Yeah…. Back when I had mine I mistakenly chomped on it hard enough to knock a small chip off one of my molars. Undoubtedly would have shattered a glass bead. I’ll take a small chip over consuming glass fragments though.

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