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edit: thanks to george @ https://groups.io /geigercounterenthusiastsgroup -solved-

ArcticDude..those photos are awesome..landscape as well :bowdown:

uh ..how sad...david hahn passed away ..haven´t noticed this :yabbem: ive got a vintage counter dp63a ..that has a radium paint dial , i measure 10mr/h behind the thick glas..havent dissassembled yet also inside: B-8 Sr90 source (100mrad/h) another source: DP-2 , Sr-90 as well, ~6 rad/h...

After reading your story times ago i wish you good luck and satisfaction in your new job

those old test sources ,especially the black epoxy sealed ones can leaking after this long time, test this by wipe test ! found the other tread: http://laserpointerforums.com/f57/share-your-radioactive-collection-91197.html

nice item ! was there a beryllium window in it? price is :beer: i can recommend this geiger kit: Soldered Mygeiger Dosimeter DIY Geiger Counter Kit w USB and SBM 20 STS 5 Tube | eBay has dead time compensation and tube settings can changed

great photos dude, seems realy noise free those cam

this one as edc http://www.ebay.de/itm/800Lm-XM-L-T6-LED-Portable-Keychain-Taschenlampe-Torch-CR123-16340-Light-Lamp-/391099222598

i must test this to believe :) you know a source for this paper? i only found this: 2? Round ZNS AG Over Thin Film Mylar for Alpha Radiation Detection | eBay

But only very weak because the radioactive particle and the glowing particle must be together as near as possible...thats why the vintage radium paint was milled very very fine ...nowadays in all vintage clocks the paint is burned out from the alpha emission ..even when you hold strong...

Thx...yes made myself from 4mm acrylic sheets *edit: 2 more: Troegerite,saxonia,germany billietite with other secondaries. shinkolobwe,congo

lets refresh this thread :beer: thorite from brevik /telemark/ norway soddyite from shinkolobwe mine /congo uraninite var. pitchblend /haje/czech (self collected) zellerite with schrockingerite ,san juan county/USA bergenite, bergen/germany phosphuranylite -nothern ter./australia...

Re: Attn: photography buffs; Help requested! i heard the sony cybershot f828 or f717 are easy to mod the filters inside even with a magnet only: https://vimeo.com/107865947

welcome ..have phun :D

no not that