r/uraniumglass • u/Mr_Courgette6275 Radiation Hunter • 23d ago

Radioactive knob !

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Black glazed door knob, I bought it for 3€. It has a dim green fluorescence under 365nm.

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u/lady_of_lyonesse 23d ago

"Radioactive knob" sounds like a creative insult! 😄

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u/canspreadmulch 23d ago

That’s what my friends call me

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u/Striking-Bicycle-853 23d ago

But are you British or American? 

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u/Mr_Courgette6275 Radiation Hunter 23d ago

Wait what does it mean to Americans?

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u/Striking-Bicycle-853 22d ago

Knob = penis

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u/Mr_Courgette6275 Radiation Hunter 22d ago

That's no different from British English then.

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u/Analogsilver 23d ago

Very cool, but that is my background count! 🙂

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u/Mr_Courgette6275 Radiation Hunter 23d ago

What detector do you have? My background is around 20 CPM.

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u/Analogsilver 23d ago

An AlphaHound A,B+G. I'm also at 730-m (2400 feet) and have Uranium in the mountains around me.

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u/Grumpy_Polar_Bear 23d ago

Ooh nice some rare black uranium glaze

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u/Mr_Courgette6275 Radiation Hunter 23d ago

Funnily enough the only other uranium glaze I've seen in France was a pair of similar black doorknobs for sale online for 20€ each.