Big Timber Montana Radioactive Antiques

[@wildshaman]

You should build a "cloud chamber" to physically see the particals emitting off your finds.

[@aquit3422]

Imagine how that radium smoke detector would look like in a cloud chamber

[@Rangetechus]

Agreed!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I'm planning on building one...or something like that. Cloudy Labs makes some pretty awesome units but they take a while to get build.

[@wildshaman]

@@RadioactiveDrew Awesome, they're so easy to diy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpzcZJlnlrieeJo

[@kimrosland]

@@RadioactiveDrew There's nothing but the rest of your lige ahead of you. We got plenty of time:)

[@exquirentibusveritatem7910]

I collect uranium glass. All green some purple...and of course Vaseline glass. I'm in northeast TN and I would LOVE to visit some of the places you have!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I hope you get a chance to visit some of these places.

[@DavidKutzler]

I grew up in Glendive Montana and have a bachelor's degree from MSU (1976). When I was in high school, Jim Oliver, one of my classmates did his science fair project using one of these plates. He placed one of these plates on an undeveloped X-Ray film cartridge that he borrowed from one of the doctors in town and left it there for several weeks. When the film was developed, there was a ghostly image of the plate on the film.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I've heard of these plates or tiles being strong enough to expose film. One of these days I want to do a video on the subject.

[@AtomicElectronCo]

@@RadioactiveDrew Hmmm...I could do that. I have A LOT of photographic film as well as developing chemicals. I would imagine that various ordinary b+w film types and infrared films or high speed films would work.

[@gysroos6113]

Im loving these videos, seeing strange things radioactive is mind bending

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I find a lot of the same stuff. But sometimes I find something very unique.

[@jefftoombs68]

That scenery was GORGEOUS!

[@scotts.2624]

That was a nice shop tour.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks.

[@normajohnson6352]

I collect uranium glass. Lots of it around cheap. Fantastic to display in a curio with UV lighting.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I totally agree.

[@Gargoyle_Guy]

After finding you and binging these antique videos I think I'm gonna get a uv light and start my uranium glass collection. their glow is so cool. I already love history antiques and science and collecting that combines all of them into one.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

If you do get one make sure it has a UV pass filter installed. Makes things glow so much brighter with way better colors.

[@m0n3m655]

thanks for putting your measures in context

[@olbailey8606]

Fascinating

[@Fluffets]

Thank you for all the interesting vids you post from your adventures! It's just a small subset of your topics, but I wanted to mention that once I discovered that I had a radioactive radium-painted clock (from my grandparents), and removed it from the house living space, the Radon levels have gone back to normal, about half of what the previously were... so glad I got a geiger counter and discovered the issue!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

The radon the clock was producing wouldn't have been a threat to anyone.

[@Fluffets]

@@RadioactiveDrew Thanks for your reassurance. I did have it on my desk for close to 40 years, so it's a relief to hear that it was negligible.

[@ryanwinklevoss]

Bold of them to have a cat wondering around in that place.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

It must be a good cat. Nothing smelled like cat pee.

[@andyroo3022]

Interesting video Drew. Friends of mine have a reasonable collection of the orange Uranium Trioxide glazed cermic pottery. I have a green uranium glass saucer. I noticed in Australia now, that all this old glass and pottery is very hard to come by unless you pay premium prices. All the stuff you used to see in antique shops has been snaffled up. I have a small Autunite specimen in my mineral collection that glows bright green when i shine a UV light oin it. I keep it in a clear plastic display cube to avoid breathing any dust. The mineral form is interesting it looks like little swollen book pages. Keep the videos coming Drew.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Glad you’re enjoying the videos.

[@randyhavener1851]

Thanks Drew!! Well done and very well stated!!!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks.

[@leonardmichaelwrinch446]

Thanks Drew 👍keep them coming ‼️

[@RadioactiveDrew]

As long as they let me I'll keep making videos.

[@lionsdejudah]

I bet the Gamma Flux Particulate matter will show up better with a Magna Nano Ti Mesh Containment filter in a Capacitor Confinement Reflector.

[@LordFalconsword]

Those were some hot deals!

[@oldminer5387]

Thank you Drew I enjoyed your video, interesting shop.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks.

[@robertmeyer4744]

Great video. I have been in a bunch of Antique shops and first I herd about the layout. I see a lot of them plates around NY and that green glass as well. I hope that kitty doesn't break stuff. it is a attack cat from sign on door ! LOL

[@d00dEEE]

That's a self-sterilizing plate, you never need to wash it! 😁

[@d.cypher2920]

Great video! 😎🇺🇸

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks.

[@rashakawa]

So my mother's best friend growing up has a very large collection of these plates, bowls, cups and Saucers. She would never let me eat off of them... probably for the best.

[@GeigerCounterVirtualMuseum]

Beautiful scenery, I would love to live out there.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Yeah I'm glad I moved here over 5 years ago. Winters can be brutal here but the summers are pretty amazing.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

@Lookup2Wakeup I spent 17 years in the Los Angeles area working at different studios as a projectionist threading film. I came to Montana because my wife is from here and I always loved visiting. The Southern California area is too crowded for me.

[@skully_8500]

WOW i wish i had your luck when i go hunting for this stuff

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Some places are better than others that's for sure.

[@ausnorman8050]

Sweet!

[@rhett528]

Been waiting for the new video!

[@carebear5394]

Do you ever find the old fluoroscopy units that shoe stores used to see if shoes fit? I’d love to see one- not use one

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I’ve only ever seen one and that was at the Nuclear Science Museum in Albuquerque NM.

[@OnTheRiver66]

When I was little, probably about 5 or 6, I remember being in a shoe store in Atlanta and you could walk up to this machine with your shoes on and see the bones inside the shoe. It wasn’t long before you didn’t see these anymore! My wife had a thyroid growth, not cancer, and one of the questions they asked after the diagnosis was have you ever had your feet xrayed at a shoe store. The cyst was not cancer and had nothing to do with radiation at all. The-rays we received probably enhanced our immune system back then!

[@madmax2069]

1:57 Homer laughlin I first read that as Homer Laughing lmao.

[@antonchigurh6590]

first;enjoy watching your videos;i too have a fascination for radioactivity.

[@UncleOhRed]

Had a friend buy a truck from a guy who said he did radioactive clean up for the army along time ago. He showed us a wrench that was painted purple. No idea if it was true or not.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Yeah, hard to tell what that’s about.

[@Bleezers-fm8ue]

Hey thats my town.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Nice little town. I would like to explore it more in the future.

[@mefirst5427]

Is uranium trioxide still used on ceramics today?

[@nefariumxxx]

Not often but over the years I have seen where some small time hobby people have dabbled with it carefully, in pottery art pieces and blowing glass etc.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Not nearly as much as it use to. It’s very rare for people to use it now for ceramics.

[@MikeF1189]

5:25 "People do weird stuff" then proceeds to Show and Tell his radioactive dinnerware.

[@nefariumxxx]

Got a chuckle out of that too. I also hit the antique shops for several years now and yes - we are proud of being weird. Normal is boring.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

@@nefariumxxx I agree...normal is boring.

[@undertaker666dead]

that my kind of place.

[@repro7780]

Wow, that place was packed! Btw, did you see the story from Australia about the lost cesium capsule?

[@caveone-365]

I briefly heard about the lost source in Australia. Since it was cesium 137 I'm guessing a lost source from inside and old teletherapy head right? Usually that's where I see the cesium come from. Some idiot scraps an old teletherapy unit thinking they hit the 'mother load' and they're gonna make so much $. Usually they get like $30 in scrap and a big dose of some nasty exposure, usually killing them and others that are around it. Of course if some idiot breaks open the capsule and dumps the cesium all over it spreads quick and easily. These people don't understand what the trefoil sign means and as crazy as that sounds it's all too common. The Goiania 'accident' should've been more than enough to wake people up about the dangers of it, but apparently not. I believe it effected something like 40,000 people. Now if some terrorist is trying to construct a dirty bomb or something like that, it could get even worse. I'm guessing they weren't able to find the source capsule?? Probably got smelted in some foundry and the metal will probably be all over. Not the first time that has happened either. 🙄😔

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I saw the story...people are asking for a video about it. Might be shooting one today about that subject.

[@nefariumxxx]

If they really wanted to find it that badly, they could fly a helicopter over the whole route with large scintillation probes mounted. They use those for aerial surveys anyway.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

@@nefariumxxx that's what I was thinking. You could cover a lot of ground very quickly and then investigate hot spots to find the object.

[@nefariumxxx]

@@RadioactiveDrew Just saw the news they have located the lost source. Found it with ground vehicle travelling 43 mph. Perhaps used some nice panel scintillation.

[@caveone-365]

Thanks again for sharing man! Always enjoy your videos. 👍👍 I find that a little extreme/ suspect that people are just bent on filming inside of antique shops to 'copy layouts.' It was definitely the last reason that I would've ever expected someone to give for not recording. Very odd. 🤔

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Yeah, first time I've heard that excuse.

[@ThinkingBetter]

More people should buy a Geiger counter and check their surrounding. Who knows, perhaps there is something radioactive hiding in a box under your bed or in the cabinet next to your bed or in your home office or wherever you stay for longer time. These things are yielding a small dose until you sleep on them for years. I had an old smoke detector stored next to my bed in a cabinet (2 feet from my body) and when I checked the radiation in my bed I realized it was a bit higher and that I had stored that old smoke detector in a stupid place.

[@Jessica-li9py]

Wow

[@nzoomed]

How does the unranium in that glazing give off such a high count when it has such a long half life, wouldnt its rate of decay still be rather slow?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Even with a long half-life there is still a fair amount of radiation coming off of it. Sources like radium are about a million times more active than uranium.

[@nzoomed]

@@RadioactiveDrew Yeah, I guess the decay products play a part too.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I’m sure they play a part.

[@Torighostgangsmells]

I'm offended you didn't check the jadeite above the fiesta orange glass cup you picked up and played

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I know. Sometimes I miss stuff.

[@Torighostgangsmells]

@@RadioactiveDrew next time you should check it out I kinda wanna see how high they go cause I do not have a Geiger there is also opaline too some of that's from the 1800s and oooooo I wonder 👀 but it's ok I'm still learning stuff myself I miss a lot of stuff

[@MegaKickn]

Maybe do a video on the current situation in Australia?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Might be shooting a video about it today.

[@aborch7]

I was disappointed you didn’t test the kitty 😂 only kidding, although I totally thought you were going to!!

[@growler477]

Another top video mate, i was curious about what woupd be coming off those plates and thrn you explained it all at the end perfectly, well done 🤙

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks...glad you enjoyed it.

[@lawdelpus]

Dothe shop owners freak when your detector screams ?

[@nefariumxxx]

The volume can be greatly reduced with a piece of tape over speaker port. Or just turn off the beeper.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I usually have my thumb over the speaker port to make it a bit quieter.

[@lassediscovers1813]

Would be cool to see your collection 👍 House tour?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

A collection video would be fun.

[@seeul8rwaynekerr]

Which giger counter are you using here?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

What @Nemesis said. Its a great detector but it runs for a little over $2000 now and the company is kind of a pain to deal with.

[@frankthomas855]

When you first walked into that antique shop I thought that it looked familiar. Either they do copy each other or you visited this store in a previous video.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

A good lay out is a good lay out. I haven’t shown this spot before. But a lot do look the same.

[@llamazfn7270]

Awesome stuff man. It would be really cool if you could make a video showing your most radioactive / most interesting sources. Thanks for posting bro love watching your videos.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I'm sure I'll do something like that. Usually I make little videos about really strong or interesting sources. I have some coming in the mail right now that will hopefully make it into a new video soon.

[@llamazfn7270]

@@RadioactiveDrew Thank you that'd be awesome. What sites do you typically get your sources off of? The ones I've purchased from or visited are usually ridiculously expensive. But then again, it's not exactly a cheap hobby we have 🤣

[@clemsonbloke]

You should have checked those camera lenses, many of them have thorium glass.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I did check the camera lenses. None of them where hot. So I didn’t show that process.

[@clemsonbloke]

@@RadioactiveDrew Cool! I bet some of my Canon 35mm Lenses are active. They are 1970s lenses.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

There is a pretty good list of radioactive lenses online.

[@MyProjectsTV]

Oh no a cat, they're going to knock everything over xD

[@nefariumxxx]

Kitten in a china shop can be dangerous but a well behaved adult cat - not so much.

[@chris.bribach]

That's interesting that energy and electrons are coming off the glaze. Is there some way to visualize this energy? I recall a tank at the science museum where you could see particles from space passing through the earth. Or some kind of gas tube.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

A cloud chamber is how you can see the effect those particles have on a super saturated environment. Its a great way to visualize radiation.

[@EriksRemess]

Can you put these plates in the checked-in bag and fly internationally? Won't airport scanners pick up the radiation?

[@nefariumxxx]

They are mostly concerned with gamma emitters but I wouldn't try because you might miss your flight due to security.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Would be much easier to ship it than to fly with it. As far as I know these are okay to cross the pond as they say. But flying with it might make some unwanted problems come up...maybe. Uranium ore can't be shipped out of the United States as there is a law forbidding it.

[@jonp.6131]

Layout of the store? I think she was more worried about you knocking something over

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I'm very careful when looking for stuff.

[@b.thompson9176]

Every.. single.. time I head into that store it feels like I'm gonna knock something over. Sometimes I wonder if owners do this so they can profit off of a "you break it, you buy it" policy. If anyone would have something you're looking for, she'd most likely have it tho!

[@Rockhunter329]

Some stores are nicely laid out with each vendor having a small booth. Other stores are more like hoarders' nests or overflow storage units.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I enjoy both kinds. I hate it when everything is behind a display case.

[@rogerpenske2411]

Believe it or not, Sam Walton, Montgomery ward, Marshall field, and all the big retail stores of yesteryear, would study traffic patterns buying habits and merchandise placement of other stores and their own constantly

[@Rockhunter329]

Grocery chains do it today!

[@richardland9668]

I wonder what would happen if you flew into Heathrow with a radian plate? Is that it appears that the delays is much more reactive than the ore. I thought I’d share the story with you as well . In 1998 I was contracted to undertake a feasibility study to use a thermal spring to heat a hotel in Derbyshire, England.. the water rises from the ground at about 28°C however, there are two methods to heat water in the ground is thermal gradient and the other fissile decay . So I had to borrow a Geiger counter? And we had to abandon the project because the water was coming from fissile decay a bit reactive.

[@xifrankie]

Very cool! Are there other colors besides orange that give off similar readings?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Orange or red is usually the most radioactive as far as colors go.

[@icabobcrane8984]

A few years ago i found an edwin m Knowles saucer that has a beta gamma combined count of 500 cpm on a gq electronics gmc 300e plus gieger counter

[@SavageGunFighter21]

I have a Fiesta salt shaker that's 27000 CPM on my Mazur 9000

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Yeah anything with that orange uranium glaze can be very active.

[@keithsyers5833]

What reaction would you get if you put an article into a bucket of water. Could you see the cheryencov(?) effect in darkness?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Good question. It isn’t active enough to produce that effect.

[@shanew8655]

Have just started watching your videos Drew they are so very interesting i remember when i was at secondary school we learnt about radioactivity and they showed us a wrist watch which had belonged to a former teacher , the wrist watch was presented to us wrapped in lead ! and once unwrapped, that certainly made the Geiger counter chirp alot , we found out afterwards that the teacher had sadly passed away from cancer which was originally found in her hip area we were told that the wrist watch may well of contributed to the cancer ,Would you agree ?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Usually old wrist watches aren't that radioactive and don't contain as much radium as other sources. So I kind of find it hard to believe that the wrist watch caused her cancer.

Pretty hot stuff! 😅 Did your device have the ability to display uSv/h other than CPM?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

It can display uSv/hr but to use that measurement for an item like this wouldn't be the correct unit to use.

[@thegrimreaper7777]

Have you heard of a spinthariscope? or found one in any of your antique store hunts?

[@GeigerCounterVirtualMuseum]

Old ones are hard to come by. I only have two in my collection.

[@MinSredMash]

You can buy a simple one for like five bucks on E-Bay

[@GeigerCounterVirtualMuseum]

@breezetix because the “sparks “ emitted are so dim it takes that long for your eyes to adjust to even see them.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I've never seen any in antique shops. I have seen some in museums.

[@MinSredMash]

@@GeigerCounterVirtualMuseum Nothing like huddling in a tiny closet for 20 minutes with your face mere inches away from 20 uCi of Ra-226. Bring your glasses!

[@Syncopator]

Been watching quite a few of your radioactive antiques video-- and it raises the question, "what are you doing with these-- how are you storing them, etc."? You say here you shouldn't eat off of them so are you instead keeping them in a lead-lined china cabinet or what?

[@jefftoombs68]

If you put radium powder in a ceramic glaze and then "fire" the glaze, would it give off toxic fumes?

[@nefariumxxx]

Very likely and probably would exude / off-gas some radon over the years which tends to contaminate nearby surfaces (including plate itself). I wouldn't mess with radium powder because the contamination risk is much worse than uranium oxide which is used in the pottery glazes.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Yeah I wouldn't use radium for that. First off there's no real advantage to using it in a glaze. Uranium was used because of its super vibrant colors. Second radium takes a lot more work to extract from uranium ore and you only find about a gram per several tons of uranium ore.

[@jefftoombs68]

@@RadioactiveDrew my nephew was doing some clean up at a university and the "new" pottery instructor asked if he'd like to come over and remove these 10 BAGS of radium!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I would be very surprised if it was 10 bags of radium. If it’s someone who works with glazes they’re going to be using uranium not radium.

[@nefariumxxx]

@@jefftoombs68 That would be uranium oxide for glazes. Surprised they would have so much. Probably smart to have the university guy contact the NRC for proper disposal if he wants to get rid of it safely. Anything else would be sketchy and probably an illegal transfer. The NRC has a contact page on their website and has been friendly and helpful in the past.

[@maxmagnusss]

People who visit antique shops and buy those plates may not know what they are buying as there’s no warning.

[@nefariumxxx]

They don't make very good seat cushions or pillows so probably a non-issue. Eating off them is fine unless you are being brutal with a serrated steak knife or something. It could happen that you might ingest a trace amount but it would pass right through and come out the other side.

[@AutenDiver]

Any info on the track here?

[@Skrallslim]

Maybe a fun experiment to see if the uranium glaze are antibacterial with that amount of radiation :)

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I have done some tests in the past seeing if there was an effect on fruit. I might have to recreate them for a video.

[@chrisortego3191]

Aren't those CPM's in the 1400 range dangerous?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

No. You would have to be within very close proximity to a source like that for a long time for problems to come up.

[@cluideman]

No need for a cooker ,just leave it on the plate for a while !

[@nickj2508]

A particle counter can tell you real quick how intraped particles are , scrapping your fork over a plate will generate ~10k particles 100nm - 5 micron, mostly the fork is the particles, need edx to classify... 🤓 nerd stuff

[@MinSredMash]

Based on standard calculations, even if you ate all the glaze from an entire Fiestaware plate (~4 grams of U-238), the dose would only be around 10 mSv. Like a CT scan. Probably much worse for your kidneys due to the chemical toxicity. Just to provide some perspective for people concerned tiny amounts of glaze leeching into their food.

[@fabianvanessen2819]

I tried messaging you at your website regarding shipping with no response, I really enjoy your content

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I looked it up and I messaged you back explaining that I can't ship uranium ore out of the country because of DOE regulations.

[@fabianvanessen2819]

Ah I must've missed the message but thanks for letting me know, are you able to ship fiestaware out of country tho.

[@fabianvanessen2819]

I've been checking out our local antique shops but turning up with no luck

[@RadioactiveDrew]

@@fabianvanessen2819 as far as I know you can.

[@fabianvanessen2819]

@@RadioactiveDrew I would prefer ordering from you because it is a trusted source. When its time for me to order something is it ok if I contact you. I really like collecting history

[@azgrapefruit]

Hi Drew, What brand and model of radiation detector are you using?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Radeye B20. Made by Thermo Fisher.

[@azgrapefruit]

Excellent! Thx

[@CatsMeowPaw]

2:50 If you want more views, film more of a kitty when you find one. Trust me.

[@GeigerCounterVirtualMuseum]

Ha, I wanted to see it too

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I'll remember that.

[@GeigerCounterVirtualMuseum]

Probably goes for dogs especially puppies as well 🐶

[@kathryncurtis9320]

Kitty!!! 🐈🐈‍⬛️🐈

[@brockjohnson7741]

Hey I’m down here in Cody Wyoming. Your most interesting part of the video was the second half giving more context and background to each piece or the explanation of why certain things were radioactive When you’re showing the radioactive readings and the geiger counter I know it sounds annoying but you need to say the number and make a display on the screen for us An emotional reaction to what you thought wow that was high or low or why it was higher or lower than you expected This is all of course if you want you to watch Time and recommendations to go out if you just enjoy making these videos for the heck of it I just enjoy watching them but from a fellow KZbinr Who is consulted with some of the top people in industry (on other acts this is my personal) thought I’d throw it out there People need - words and voices - overlays highlighting key points or data to visualize it - faces with emotions Pattern interrupts, try to not do more than 15 to 30 seconds of b roll with music at a time You can do lots of music and beer all but you need to have your face and overlay and reaction in between specifically in the first four minutes when KZbin highest counts watch rates and click through Even doing the video reverse with your talking about the items which was very good and interesting actually the whole thing was but from keeping attention standpoint you explaining the stuff is the most interesting and you actually looking at it is the evidentiary proof and B roll for us to feel like we’re there with you but we care about hearing your opinion and we will trust your reading with a quick B roll showing the reading we Morceau care about your reaction to that number reading because to be honest I don’t know what those numbers mean for the green uranium glass should’ve been higher or lower I’d like to hear what you thought about it

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks for the tips. I'm always trying to make the videos better.

[@americansmark]

The fiestaware plant is insanely radioactive. I pickup there from time to time and it's amazing just how dangerous the ceramic scrap pit is. There's not a warning anywhere.

[@nefariumxxx]

Oddly enough, the stuff is not considered highly radioactive because the half-life is so long with uranium oxide. Now if it had a short half life, that would be considered very radioactive. But yes, the counts per minute are impressive.

[@americansmark]

@@nefariumxxx that makes sense. I always thought it was the opposite. I thought short half lives were less dangerous. They did a remediation of the site in the 60s, but it wasn't very thorough because of the amount of contamination present and the technology at the time lagged behind.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I would like to check that area out one of these days.

[@nefariumxxx]

@@americansmark Yeah, it goes against what one might think but the way it was explained to me is the shorter lived isotopes are giving off their energy in less time so it's a more .... concentrated effort. :)

[@nefariumxxx]

@@americansmark Also good to remember that most of the activity from U-oxide is just low energy beta (electrons). Although there is a lot of it so the counts seem really impressive on geiger counters. When I did an informal test using 1/8" aluminum sheet metal to block the low beta... almost nothing makes it through. So, very little gamma emitted. Ballpark numbers were 75% low beta with approx 25% being alpha and just a smidgeon of gamma. Low beta is easily blocked by glass, wood, etc... and it cannot go through moisture very well either which is why it does not cause much harm to our own flesh unless you were sitting right on top of it all day long. Most people don't use Fiesta for seat cushions. I have seen some large collections of red/orange though. Probably best not to keep stacks of it right next to your easy chair for example. Potential eye issues/cataracts maybe long term.

[@stanleybennett8879]

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[@MontanaDirtRoads]

Ya that's not exactly what if want in kitchen cabinet lol

[@SinkyYT]

You should have pointed out to the shop owner that she should be more worried about all the radioactive stock she was holding. 😂

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I don't think anyone should worry about these items being in their shop or home. They are quite harmless. But its good to understand that these items are radioactive.

[@bernarrcoletta7419]

When my Mom died, I got her large collection depression glass. I know there’s Fiestaware and uranium glass in the basement. Just think, with a couple sheets of graphite, I can have my own Fiestaware Demon Core.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

It’s a little more complicated than that.

[@bernarrcoletta7419]

@@RadioactiveDrew Yeah, but still it’s a funny visualization .

[@RadioactiveDrew]

@bernarrcoletta7419 yeah, it made me chuckle a bit.

[@michamausili6239]

'Promo sm'

[@mutantryeff]

I hold roughly 2000+ pounds of U308 via the stock market ($SRUUF). I'm hoping that turns hot soon.

[@MiamiMillionaire]

I always wonder why people have used so much radioactive material, what is really needed and why ?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

They used it before anyone really understood that it was radioactive. So they didn't think it was that big of a deal to use the material.

[@MiamiMillionaire]

one question, what happens if you accidentally put a plate like this in the microwave, does the radiation increase?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

No.