Los Alamos Atomic Bomb Implosion Testing Area...Buried Radioactive Material

The site I explore in this video is in Bayo Canyon Los Alamos, New Mexico. At this site 254 implosion tests were done using radioactive material like uranium and lanthanum, which left the site a little contaminated. The site is part of a public hiking and biking trail in the area. I also visited the Manhattan Project National Park Site very quickly in the video. In the future I'll do a video showing off this location.
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[@janblake9468]

My father was on the team that developed the implosion detonator so he would have been in Bayo Canyon (and was at Trinity). To his dying day in 1991, he would not talk about secrets.

[@sas7561]

Men today don't have that loyalty. I hope he is RIP.

[@sleepymarauder4178]

@@sas7561 Men today have it but don't speak about it. If someone doesn't speak, that makes it hard to convery doesn't it?

[@oregonherb7538]

Because it is all lies and he is ashamed he is part of a big hoax!…😂😂😂😂

[@oggamingreaper7448]

​@@oregonherb7538 a hoax ? wtf kinda " Kool aid " are you drinking ?

[@P-J-W-777]

Men today have it you say? While I agree there are some that are very loyal but not at the scale it was then. Which is why so many secrets have been leaked by so many who work for the federal government and/or top secret research projects. That was extremely rare back then.

[@greenspiraldragon]

I wouldn't want to eat any of the cattle that roamed the area. Have you ever been to Chicago to Red Gate Woods? Its a park The site contains buried radioactive waste from an early Manhattan Project. There is actually a marker monument there.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I’ve been told about it but haven’t had the chance to visit the site yet.

[@A.R.77]

21:39 ~ Good light hearted quip. The men and woman that worked out there must have been very confident in their work. The fact we can go in there and explore the area in a park setting is pretty astounding.

[@braindecay9477]

That shape charge implosion footage in the beginning is impressive, I'd like some more (and with actual data or explanation)

[@RadioactiveDrew]

It’s from a French film on their nuclear program back in the late 1950’s. I’ll try and post the link later.

[@braindecay9477]

@@RadioactiveDrew yes, please :D help another "radiation enthusiast" out, that would be grand

[@RadioactiveDrew]

@@braindecay9477 here's the video...its all in French but still cool to watch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mambmZ1tiLRkqqs

[@braindecay9477]

@@RadioactiveDrew very cool, thanks man :)

[@PBeringer]

@@RadioactiveDrew Awesome! Cheers, legend.

[@allanweseman5433]

I grew up in Lockport New York and was interested in nuclear power in my youth. I have lived in Florida now for 44 years and am 75 years old. Several places you may want to investigate in your quest for finding nuclear waste spills: 1. Go to the KOA campground on route 104 in Lewiston NY. Look North and you will see a smokestack and a Marine in a guard shack. Radon gas is coming out of the tower and the Marine is guarding where nuclear matieral for the Manhatten project is buried. 2. The University of Buffalo had a nuclear reactor on campus that I have toured. I believe it was decommissioned in 1972. 3. In Lockport is the former Simon's Saw and Steel plant. Uranium pellets were machined there for the Manhatten project and the turnings fell into the cracks in the floor. Several buildings there are 'hot' and unusable to this day. 4. There is no building allowed along the Niagara River in an area called NiWanda Park. Nuclear matieral waste had been dumped along the shore 5. The chemistry lab in Lockport Senior High School had a geiger counter in 1965 with a rather dangerous test sample of nuclear matieral for calibration that was in a glass vial. It was dropped and broken on the lab floor and the matieral went into the cracks in the floor. 6. South of Buffalo closer to the Pennsylvania border is a small town called West Valley. A nuclear fuels reprocising center was built there and reprocessed both Uranium and Plutonium. Leaks in the containment structures there made radioactive ducks in the nearby river.

[@oldminer5387]

Thank you for the explore Drew, thank you for taking us along.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@ericmcdonald9803]

i love your videos dude. i work as an RCT training for NRRPT and CHP and I was inspired partly by your videos to do some more radiological tourism

[@1966spyderco]

This channel is awesome. Great work Drew

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks...I'm glad so many people enjoy watching the videos.

[@philipkephart4583]

Those ruts were made by pre-war settlers who lived on the plateau in the summers. They dragged supplies up and down the canyons on sledges. Where the "differential dragged," that's from mountain bikes.

[@Iaintwoke]

Thanks, that makes so much more sense. Was looking at them thinking how deep they are for the width.. now it all makes sense to me.👍

[@scottcol23]

I really enjoy these vlogs! I would love to make it back out that way some time. I lived in the area back in the mid 90's when I was a kid. Keep up the great work!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks.

[@Joey4rox]

I worked at TA33 in the 70s and early 80s. It is/was heavily contaminated with tritium, U, and Pu. I now have cancer as a result of my exposures, but I'm still alive.

[@1954shadow]

There are ruts like this along portions of the Santa Fe Trail from all the wagons that traveling the same path over the rocky areas.

[@JohnRomeoAlpha]

Yes, those are wagon wheel ruts from historic homesteader trails. Nice!

[@369motoman]

Yea the width of the ruts are too narrow for modern vehicles and there are several areas on the applegate trail where I live just like those ruts.

[@skyking3525]

Another great video Drew! Super informative. Now when I go back to visit I'll need to go check this out.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@TheXone7]

Thanks Drew for another interesting video 🙏🏻

[@RadioactiveDrew]

No problem. Glad you liked it.

[@Nuts-Bolts]

At 16:15 the groves are not from dragging the ‘differential’ but probably the waggons ‘King pin’. This is the large vertical pin that the waggon’s front axil turns around.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

It could be from wagons.

[@12345678989814]

Yeah that's what I was thinking that it was wagon trails

[@psynurse]

Awesome video. I went out there in 2017 but never made it to the lodge..... did make it to the trinity test site on the day it was open to the public. Really enjoyed that! Same day drove to the radio telescopes for their open house. Thanks for letting me live through your adventures

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I’ve been to the VLA before as well. Very cool place to visit.

[@JackThelRipper]

I didn’t even know you could go visit the place! Another place to add on my bucket list! Thanks for the video!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

No problem...hope you get to go out and explore it a bit.

[@geoffp.7414]

The markers appear to define the corners of an area along with direction and distance to the next marker, A through F and back to A again. So the burried material is within the area, not necessarily at those corners. Something to look forward to on your next visit. By the way, I wonder if the tree roots tap into radioactive material and if they can transport trace elements. Might also be interesting to check the trees or other plants in that area.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

That would be interesting to check for. Trees can make their way into about anything. But I think they put the radioactive material in a metal container and then filled it with concrete. Hopefully that would be enough to keep trees or other plants out.

[@spvillano]

If you want to test that out, the old Rocky Flats Plant site would be perfect. There's still plutonium and uranium in the soil around 6" - 2' down. That site was a nightmare when it was operating, so bad in safety that the FBI raided them over it.

[@Mike.The.Jeweler]

​@@RadioactiveDrewboth metal and concrete degrade with time and water, coupled with the fact that Los almos can get down to -18f, I wouldn't be surprised if the containment vessels had been breached, which would allow water ingress and egress giving trees access to contaminated material

[@RadioactiveDrew]

@@Mike.The.Jeweler the ground would prevent the canisters from getting that low in temperature.

[@largent45]

The history lesson of these areas is wonderful. I was born in the 60's so the histoey of these places was still active in our minds back then. And to see some of these sites now is amazing! Im surprised its not still hot! Good to know though!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Depending on what they use for isotopes to carry out their tests kind of determines how hot the site is decades afterwards.

[@travelwithjustin]

That entire area out there is super interesting. Great film work as always!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks.

[@ritchieblackmore2711]

Thanks drew this was so interesting my friend greetings from Scotland to you...

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Glad you enjoyed it. I need to make my way out there.

[@paraglidingprospector]

Wow that Radeye B20 is intense! Cool finds with the shrapnel too!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks. It took a while of walking around before I found all that stuff.

[@Serpiph]

Nice video, Drew! So beautiful places around there. Glad to know the place was cleaned carefully contrary to our 100-150uSv/h available for people. 😏

[@Risteard156]

A excellent video on Los Alamos Atomic bomb testing area

[@SyntaxSyber]

Super cool you at least got that one nice shrapnel! Awesome Video.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks.

[@sarbaazchabahar]

Cool stuff. Subscribed!👍

[@rtqii]

Love this content. I did shit like enter uranium mines when I was young and invincible. The mine dirt is actually a problem if you fall into it or contact it by sitting down. It comes with you when you leave and you have to wash and scrub to get back down to background levels.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I’ve had experience with contamination before…always fun to figure out exactly what it is.

[@rtqii]

@@RadioactiveDrew Yeah, we have both been there and done that. I used to keep my collection in a locked steel cabinet outside, next to the garage. I drilled holes into it to dissipate the radon gas.

[@donkerouac3746]

It's nice to be young and invincible! A good scrubbing is recommended! A greater hazard is inhaling radioactive dust. For example, few things are as toxic as Plutonium....yet you could swallow a smooth capsule of shiny Pu metal and it would pass through you harmlessly. However, if you inhaled a smaller quantity, you would likely be dead before the day ends. The actual time to death would depend on the isotope and the concentration inhaled.

[@Melanie16040]

@@donkerouac3746 It would be quite bad to ingest Pu-238... Even a solid piece of Pu-239 would do immense damage due to being an alpha emitter.

[@donkerouac3746]

The stopping power of most materials is very high for alpha particles and heavy-charged particles. Therefore alpha particles have very short ranges. For example, the ranges of a 5 MeV alpha particle (most have such initial energy) are approximately 0,002 cm in aluminium alloy or approximately 3.5 cm in air. A thin piece of paper can stop most alpha particles. Even the dead cells in the outer layer of human skin provide adequate shielding because alpha particles can’t penetrate it. If you inhale, take intravenous, etc. Pu, it would indeed do serious damage to a person's innards. If you voluntarily swallowed (don't know why you would want to do that) a smooth capsule of Pu, it would pass through your digestive tract. It would not leave any traces behind and would not be in your body long enough to do any harm. If you were to inhale tiny particulate Pu, it would spread throughout your body, stay a long time and do a lot of damage. Please note that I am not recommending that anyone ingest, in any way, such material...not a big problem as Pu is (fortunately) one of the most controlled substances on Earth! @@Melanie16040

[@GunSlinger221]

Drew are used to work for DOD. I think I know what that metal piece was it you first picked up. You could not dig there if you wanted to, the markers indicate the center or corner location of all the disposed soils. Under the marker buried under about 4 feet of dirt is a cement dome cover. So if you dug deeper you would hit solid cement layer.

[@kjpmi]

Hey. I was just there last year in Los Alamos. Cool little town. So much history.

[@electrolytics]

Very nice video. Thank you.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Glade you liked it.

[@scenicroadwaysyt]

It’s a good day when a new Drew video drops and my Radiacode 102 arrives the same day.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I also got a Radiacode 102 this last week. Going to be using it on some videos this week.

[@scenicroadwaysyt]

Nice. Would love to see if you notice many differences compared to 101. This is my first radiacode. Was surprised at how much less sensitive it is to beta than my SEI ranger when placed on fiestaware.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

So far it seems just as good as the 101 model.

[@Max_Marz]

Grats on finding that piece of radioactive material, thats so freakin satisfying. What an awesome thing. PS: do you know anything about the mine shaft that is behind the lawrence berkeley national lab? Theres an Adit in the hillside behind building 58, I can send you a picture. The one person that told me anything said that beyond a certain point there are no controls in place to allow someone to go further. I'm suuuure they used it for materials storage.

[@gomergomez1984]

The depth of those ruts look like they were formed from wagon wheels at least initially, not really wide enough for heavy cargo vehicles with dual wheels like 2.5 / 5 ton trucks.

[@Theonedjneo]

I know when you get up on the Oregon trail, you find ruts created by wagons. But there were no wagon trails down through Los Alamos. Definitely could be from loaded down Willys though!

[@Iaintwoke]

​@@TheonedjneoWouldn't have thought a Willys would have that much ground clearance.

[@simonstergaard]

love your series.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I’m glad to hear that.

[@42VS42]

Wow what an awesome topic, hadn't thought of visiting. I'll check that site out as soon as I can. Thanks!

[@General_Ethos]

Those tracks could very well be wagon wheels from the 1800’s. Maybe heading to California during the gold rush. You find those same tracks on the Oregon Trail.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I’ve seen those tracks on the Oregon Trail as well. They look a bit different than these ones. Also I would imagine if it was some kind of historical site they would have something saying so. Maybe I missed it.

[@lawnjockey21]

Plus wagons didn’t have differentials, and the center marks look perfect for a more modern vehicle, but that being said, they may have used a former wagon trail to follow around the valley. I’m in west Tennessee, and a lot of our road were former wagon paths.

[@shaneh7519]

@@lawnjockey21 could have been anything sticking down the middle of the wagon, like maybe something that the wheels pivoted on.

[@mackkenamond1800]

@@RadioactiveDrewwagon wheels and horses then trucks then feet and mountain bikes. Rain and freeze/thaw cycles. Those ruts are all over Los Alamos. Tuff is very soft. You can dig into it with sticks and harder rocks. Native Americans in the area bored holes in it to anchor wooden beams for dwellings. Also, it’s “buy yo” canyon (Spanish pronunciation). The center rut wasn’t axles dragging. When the ruts got too deep for a mountain bike to fit through we ride the middle high spot. Same with hikers. Fun bike trail! Finally, background radiation increases with elevation. Those numbers you see are normal for 7000 ft. Less atmosphere to absorb cosmic rays. No kidding. If you want to find contamination, seek out the Los Alamos Sportsman’s Club. That canyon was used for artillery practice back in the day, so adding more lead from rifles, pistols and shotguns seemed practical.

[@untermench3502]

Back in the early 80's, I visited a restricted site in Nevada on official business. There was a small fenced area where some material from an accident was buried. One of my fellow enployees and I were inspecting the site when I heard a voice behind me say" please step away from the area." Looking behind me was a Caddilac Gage armored car wth some Air Force security snuffies pointing a loaded M-60 in my direction. We were apologized to later and told that the guards had been instructed that we had the appropriate clearances but they had not been notified in advance. If the fence says deadly force authorised, please take it seriously.

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks for watching.

[@Limeaid33]

Another great video ! Thanks for creating it ! Have you done a video where you explored Snow Canyon by St. George Utah ? Apparently that is where they filmed the Conqueror in 1956 and many of the actors got cancer because that site was downwind of dirty bomb test done earlier... It could be interesting. In any event thanks for all of the interesting videos !

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Glad you liked the video. Yes, I’m planning on going to Snow Canyon to look for remnants of fallout.

[@ericmcdonald9803]

great video drew (comment for the algorithm)

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks for your sacrifice to the algorithm gods.

[@ct2368]

Awesome video.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks.

[@DofTNet]

most of the rock is tuff which essentially compressed ash.. pumice-like but a bit softer and full of tiny quartz crystals.. from the volcano that produced the Jemez mountains and the Valles Caldera. From what I remember, the volcano was most recently active 50K years ago... apparently just dormant, not extinct.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Good to know. Thanks for the additional info.

[@DofTNet]

There were some geothermal tests done at some point on account of the big ol' magma chamber down there, but I don't know how successful they were.. There are several hot springs in the Jemez, though.

[@curtisbunch4007]

Those rock ruts look like they are from wagon train on the northern part of the Santa Fe trail We have a lot of the same looking ruts both on the California trail and the Oregon trail

[@sundance2005]

I was about to say that, wasn't sure which trail but I recognized them as wagon train tracks.

[@historicaltidbits]

Very cool.

[@ausnorman8050]

Another interesting and informative video Drew! Cheers and yes you lucked out with the gate and not having to hike in and out! The gasket could be the top of a storage tank* and it was low level liquid waste pumped in?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I don’t think they had liquid waste from the tests. I think it’s more of a thing to make sure rain water doesn’t move the material around.

[@anyclipwithmrraven1030]

I love such things very much, especially with regard to radioactive contamination

[@Chuck8541]

Do geiger counters themselves get contaminated? Like, over time and exposure to these sites, will his Rad-Eye start giving wrong measurements? Does it need to be regularly calibrated? If so, how?

[@stargazer7644]

Exposure to radiation generally doesn't make things radioactive. The exception to this is exposure to neutron radiation from an active reactor. All calibrated measuring devices must be periodically recalibrated. The devices he's using are likely not calibrated. A CPM counter is not calibrated.

[@Chuck8541]

@@stargazer7644 Ahhh, I see. Thanks for the explanation! 👍

[@robbenmitchell2286]

That satellite going past orion was cool as hell.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Yeah, it was cool to see it. Glad I was able to capture it.

[@Electriceye1984bySam]

Very cool thank you👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻😉

[@RadioactiveDrew]

No problem…glad you liked it.

[@vincentrusso4332]

Thanks super gate dude...good looking out. - Surry Virginia

[@skeeterbug9875]

Thanks!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks so much...its so awesome to see people willing to contribute to this channel to help make these videos possible.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@RadioactiveDrew >>> Great video.

[@chemistryscuriosities]

I wish you ran a spectrum on the metal you found in Baio canyon with the Radiacode101. That would be cool to see what isotopes where still present this long after being deposited there.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I still want to do that but I'm in the process of sourcing some lead bricks so I can cut more of the background radiation out and improve the signal a bit.

[@stargazer7644]

That's a survey marker. It marks the perimeter of an area. The material isn't likely buried under the marker, but in the area that is marked out. The inscription tells you the direction and distance to the next marker.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I don't think its the same as a survey marker. I run into a bunch of those out and about.

[@stargazer7644]

@@RadioactiveDrew "S26 28 31E 205.62ft from B to C". is a surveyor's bearing and distance from this B marker to the next C marker. It is clearly a survey marker. Take a bearing of 151.52 deg from that marker (could be magnetic or true) and go 205.62 feet and you'll find the next "C" marker.

[@RevMikeBlack]

I really like your camping rig. Being off the ground is a good idea.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

It’s kind of like being up in a treehouse.

[@makermatthew]

That thing you picked up at 15:00 looks like a connector of some sort

[@RadioactiveDrew]

That's what I was thinking as well.

[@TheAussieRepairGuy]

5:50 - that erosion may have started out as vehicle tracks, now it's likely continued as a result of foot traffic -hence the uneven balance from left to right.

[@madmax2069]

Ive been waiting for some new content.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I’ve been filming some more. I still have videos to release from a month back. I’m kind of backlogged. This next week I’m planning on getting a couple out.

[@madmax2069]

@@RadioactiveDrew awesome to hear

[@BobGeanis]

I had to replay the beginning because I had no idea what you said lol

[@petermines9748]

Awesome.

[@emvizzle]

Hi Drew! Those mobile testing units at the beginning of the video are drug tests! Clearance holders are required to submit urine drug tests often.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Others have told me the same thing. To someone that doesn't know what they are and knowing the history of the site...I had a lot of questions.

[@emvizzle]

@@RadioactiveDrew Yup! Understood. I visit those often.

[@christophertiredofbs8514]

Does anybody get nervous when that dosimeter starts clicking?? I hope you stay healthy dude. Very cool videos though! I had a book called America Ground Zero it was all about the nuclear tests. Creepy shit! I wonder if that firewood was giving off any radioactive Byproduct. Anyways I subscribed be safe be safe

[@RadioactiveDrew]

The wood wasn’t radioactive…I checked everything in the camping area. Thanks for the sub.

[@donkerouac3746]

It's normal for a Geiger counter or CPM counter to randomly click. This is just normal background radiation. If you live in volcanic (igneous) areas, the background radiation is higher than in sedimentary rock areas. If you have a granite countertop, it can keep your counter busy. Cigarette smoke is radioactive but the chemical poisons will kill you quicker. Radiation needs to be put into a proper perspective. The uneducated public often has an irrational fear of it. Hollywood is largely responsible for stories of nuclear bombs making a city radioactive for millions of years. Hiroshima and Nagasaki started rebuilding in a matter of weeks and millions of people live there today with normal background radiation levels.

[@ct2368]

Those ruts are crazy. Hundreds of thousands of vehicles made those.

[@weirdmeisterinc]

great, and what isotopes your radiocode have found?

[@notatimelord21]

I just bought a peice of vintage orange fiestaware because of your videos

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Welcome to the club.

[@notatimelord21]

@@RadioactiveDrew although I can't tell you how spicy it is because I don't have a Geiger counter yet

[@RadioactiveDrew]

More than likely it’s going to read around 15,000 to 50,000 CPM. That’s been my experience with uranium glazed ceramics. Of course that reading comes from a circular detector around 2.5 inches across. So total activity can be a lot factoring in surface area of the item.

[@bogwin9621]

The vehicles at the guard station were mobile urinalysis testing buses. The trail erosion is mostly side by side horse traffic. Locals ride from the stables near by. I play and have been playing in all of the canyons for decades. Nice little video.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Mobile urine analysis sounds so weird to me. It’s amazing that they are so concerned about that. Other people have said the say thing about the trail erosion.

[@X85283]

@@RadioactiveDrew When you have people who are cleared to access the highest levels of classification and also people working with plutonium and lots of other stuff, its kind of important to make sure people aren't baked/zooted at work...

[@chuckvanderbildt]

Have you considered getting a larger NaI detector with an MCA to do some isotopic analysis on samples? Thanks for the videos!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I really want to get a bigger probe. But I want the setup to be mobile so I can take it out in the field with me.

[@chuckvanderbildt]

@@RadioactiveDrew Ah yeah, that would be quite the weight to schlep around with. Having it at home to analyse samples there would work, but i guess taking things home from the places you visit is often frowned upon anyway.

[@jefftoll604]

What a great site to visit. Even better is that you have access to the site.

[@lampadophoros]

Fascinating report on interesting visit. The first artefact you found was the shell of an Amphenol cable connector, not surprising to find there. Did you retain the shards you discovered? Is it ok to do that, from a federal site? But good on ya, anyway! Keep on researching this stuff!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I did keep what I found so I could do some more tests on the metal. There wasn’t any signage that said nothing could be taken.

[@lampadophoros]

@@RadioactiveDrew great! Hope that the metals turn out to be unusual. Do keep on with your radioactive adventures!

[@herrbrahms]

What's the hydrology of this place? You mention a caldera. Perhaps the radioactive materials were buried here because precipitation would not leach soluble radionuclides into the Rio Grande basin? I suppose they probably didn't have that kind of foresight.

[@wright96d]

Was cool to see the real life location of one of the most haunting scenes in cinema history.

[@davidcoghill8612]

That metal flange on the one burial spot is more than likely just because a workman found it a decided to stick it on top for no reason other than it looks cool. As for the random scattering of the burial spots, simplest answer is probably just because they buried the biggest pieces exactly where they found them. Easier and safer than trying to move things around.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Hahahaha...I could see a worker adding that flange just to make it look cool. I need to dig deeper into the papers about this site to figure out why they chose those locations.

[@TheTarrMan]

It's really nice of them to allow you to do that.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

No one really allowed me. The place is open to the public. Usually that gate is open all day as well. I just happened to go out there on the weekend when its usually closed all day.

[@martinsmith3847]

Did you test those fragments with the radiacode?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I did right as I was getting ready to upload the video. I didn’t find anything conclusive. I was getting some gamma peaks for Barium 133, which does come from Lanthanum 133. But the report I saw said they were using La-140. Since I couldn’t be 100% about it I decided to keep it out of the video.

[@doskraut]

Was at the Nevada range long ago my radiation monitor was showing less than 60, digg down in the ground about a foot and got readings well over 240.

[@jackmatthews312]

I enjoyed your show. I would not go where you do. I fear concentrated radiation like you seek. These are things i would never see if not for your videos. Thank you.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I’m glad I can show you something new.

[@ryanphillips4700]

could that one with the gasket be due to some for of "liquid" pumped into a buried tank? Sorry, new to this stuff...but so neat to see. Thanks!

[@BobDarlington]

All week I've been meaning to reach out and say hi. I'm in Los Alamos and was going to suggest prospecting in Bayo. Next time!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I’m sure I’ll be back there again.

[@BobDarlington]

Cool implosion footage in the beginning. I never saw that before. The security vehicles are what we affectionately call golden retrievers. They are for drug testing/urine sample collection.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Hahahaha…golden retrievers, good one.

[@EddieBlueHalen]

Wagon ruts. See those on the Oregon and Santa Fe trails. Pre-automobile era.

[@slovokia]

@20:00 Interesting find.

[@TheKillerSn4ke]

Neat site. You need an Ortec Detective for these places…only about $180,000…

[@zakksrage]

The truck tire rock ruts are the wildest thing I’ve saw

[@my3boysonly]

Nice OME cap!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks.

[@horatioyachapovich6919]

Forty Niners left the ruts with their wagons.

[@brucefowler832]

Any chance those are old wagon tracks through the rocks. You can find some similar along certain ones in New Mexico and Colorado.

[@treelineresearch3387]

I kinda think those mobile testing trucks are the "golden retrievers" a friend that worked at Los Alamos mentioned...a urine (drug) testing lab on wheels for surprise HRP whizz quizzes.

[@Hidden_Destinations]

05:44 looks like the old wagon wheel tracks I have explored.

[@leviontiveros5219]

You should explore the upper water canyon on west Jemez. There is a trail that goes from the road uphill and follows the stream. It’s very near SR 4 For the love ofGod don’t pick stuff up!! Not advised

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks for the suggestion...I'll have to check it out next time I'm out that way.

[@blairseaman461]

Those ruts are similar to those along The Oregon Trail made by wagon wheels.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Yeah, that’s what other people have been telling me.

[@SOVIET_NIET]

Do you reccomend the radiacode 101/102

[@wolvesone]

i wish i could go out to these places i love history and have been into radiation since i was about 12 i would be interested in knowing if you were able to get a gamma spec off those pieces

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Nothing super reliable. I was getting some peaks for Barium 133, which is a decay product of Lanthanum 133. A report I read about the tests made it seem like they used Lanthanum 140. So I'm not sure where the La-133 would come from. It could be mixed in with the La-140 when they made it. I'm not sure about the process to make that isotope.

[@mikecobb2466]

interested to know what you did with the hot bits you found, should you be handling them so casually at 2074 CPM? I hope you dispose of this stuff safely or leave it there?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

These are pretty far away from a dangerous level of radiation. I find uranium glazed ceramics in antique shops all the time that are easily in the 30,000 CPM range.

[@leviontiveros5219]

The metal ring that was on top of the embed was a flange from a water pipe.

[@michaelzborovan4362]

A metal detector(if allowed) would be cool to have for trips like this.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I was thinking that originally. But after thinking about it you might be overwhelmed with targets. That might be only when getting close to the shot sites.

[@Joshrwms87]

What camera are you filming on? Footage looks great!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Sony A7S3, usually with the Sony 16-35mm f2.8 lens.

[@Joshrwms87]

I thought so. Looked very "Sony" to me. I regularly shoot on the FX3.@@RadioactiveDrew

[@RadioactiveDrew]

@Joshrwms87 the FX3 looks very cool. I can’t reason getting rid of my A7S3. I also picked up the A7R5 as a b camera and to use as a stills camera and a timelapse camera. The A7S3 does an amazing job with timelapse. But sometimes I need a higher megapixel camera for some of the shots I want to do.

[@Joshrwms87]

@@RadioactiveDrew oh for sure! Well keep it up man your content looks great! I actually started watching you recently because I just landed an interview with the Los Alamos National Laboratory to be a media guy for them so I've been researching everything about it.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

@Joshrwms87 I think someone similar hit me up a couple months ago. But then I was busy with that 70mm Oppenheimer thing. I’m hoping to do some videos with the lab one of these days.

[@chemicode]

It would be amazing if you mentioned my channel in your featured channels or in a video. I also really enjoy your videos☢️ Radiation

[@candui7278]

What is your take on radioactivity levels in the Egyptian sarcophagi in the pyramids Drew? Nile delta black sand deposits are known to contain huge reserves of U and Th.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I would need to look into it because I’m not familiar with the story.

[@jayytee8062]

You should have tested that fireplace at the camp site for any radioactivity.

[@A.R.77]

5:51 ~ Wow, I'm not sure there are many vehicles that could clear that and have such a narrow track.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

The Willy's Army Jeep has a pretty narrow wheel base that I could see making those tracks.

[@ronbraziel9782]

I've seen videos on the Oregon trail, looks like the same wagon tracks.

[@edwardstein9741]

Hello, Where did you get the footage of the implosion tests? The one where is shows the x-ray of the actual compression forces. I can't find it anywhere.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

It’s from a French film about their development of the atomic bomb. I can’t remember if off the top of my head. I posted a link to it before when someone else asked the question. So somewhere in the comments.