Radioactive Dutch Colopal glassware. Geiger counter DRSB-01

This is a pudding mould made by the Dutch glass factory Leerdam around 1930. The glass type is named in the Netherlands as colopal. Until the posting of this video I have not found 1 hit on Google mentioning that this type of glass is radioactive. The geiger counter I use is Russian. Kvarts DRSB-01.

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[wallace2621]

I tried it blindfolded, but indeed it is psychologically. Blindfolded i do not feel anything. The tickeling in my hands was probably caused by some kind of fear for the glass. The answer is that i cannot feel radiation.

[wallace2621]

The pudding mould indeed lights up under black light. I have a small collection of antique vaseline glass obejcts, those are made of transparant green glass. I have a fruit bowl on a high foot, 2 vanity sets each consisting out of 6 objects, 6 wine glasses and a mustard jar. When i put all these objects, including he 2 pudding moulds, next to eachother, there is quite noticeable radiation comming from it.

[wallace2621]

I don't wanna know how much radiation comes free when one of these object fall to the ground an break. Since breaking it in more parts means increasing the total amount of surface, it must be an auwfull lot. I keep all the vaseline glass outside the house in a shed. Nice glass but i do not like the radiation.

[wallace2621]

When i hold uranium containing glass in my hand i

get a tickeling feeling in my hand.

[sentenel]

No, everything you just said is false. And the radiation coming of off this is only about 1 milirem. Tingling would even be at 5-10. more like 500 rem for about a minute. You have no idea what you are talking about so shut the fuck up.

[Ch3mG33k]

I highly doubt you can feel the radiation coming off of that. I have an insanely radioactive watch that feels no different than any other watch. People feel radiation when it's as high as Chernobyl (some of the first responding firemen felt "pins and needles" all up their bodies.) There is no way that piece of glassware is releasing that much radiation. And the geiger counter proves that.

[ggabe005]

Test mayonnaise and pepto bismol with your geiger counter!!!! you will be shocked!

[ggabe005]

Test mayonnaise and pepto bismol with your giger counter!!!!

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

@PrimoVids it just means above normal background levels, by the clicks the bowl is less radioactive then granite worktops

[conrad2468]

If you bought from a guy whose username starts with an "a" then itll take about 3 weeks...thats how long it took me...

[PrimoVids]

You do realize that that red light means abnormal radiation level, right? That will cause cancer or birth defects over time. Especially if it ends up in your food.

[furiousharry]

lol your so right

[polonium9]

beautiful piece of dinnerware

[ChernobylDude]

When theres as high levels as at the chernobyl dissaster you can kinda taste iron. (i have only read)

And like chemgeek (from same group as me lol...) pins and needles sticking.