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gh02ttoday at 4:01 AM1 replyview on HN

The cheapest worthwhile detectors out there are the Radiacode ones. They are excellent for what they are, but they run around $300. Cheaper Geiger counters are unfortunately kinda useless, at least for this. It's also not particularly easy to know what you're looking at and how to interpret it even with a good detector, unfortunately I'm not sure how much luck you'd have so don't waste $300.


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copperxtoday at 5:26 AM

I see. Yes, so I just looked and Cobalt 60 has a short half life. If it's still there, it is probably hard to detect.

Still, it's a bit tempting to go check.