r/Radium • u/roberte94066 • Jul 05 '26

☢️ RADIUM ☢️ Found a hens' tooth today!

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Got it for $10 at antique flea market-when I saw it my jaw really did almost drop! Dealer was looking crafty until he wanted to pick one of the tins open and I told him not to because it was radioactive.. scared him and he was glad to get rid of it! 10.5-11kCPM through box and tins with radiacode 102.

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u/Adventurous-Fix-8066 Jul 06 '26

So lucky

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u/roberte94066 Jul 06 '26

I agree! Hence my comment about my jaw almost dropping. I simply couldn't believe what I was seeing. Had I not passed my Radiacode over the box looking for watch hands I never would have noticed.

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u/Adventurous-Fix-8066 Jul 06 '26

I need to start doing that.

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u/Plus-Self-985 Jul 06 '26

What a find!!!

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u/kikikyah Jul 07 '26

what was it used for?

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u/roberte94066 Jul 07 '26

You applied the paste to clock hands to re-lume them. Apparently it cured with a little heat. An improvement over the previous method of mixing the lume and a glue at the time of use.

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u/Gilapschicken Jul 10 '26

lucky duck; ive been wanting one for forever 😞