One of those interesting finds - lead shielded case

So, I traded a contractor one of my display cases for all of the metal he was pulling out of a warehouse in my building. The previous tenant was a contractor and basically left all of his materials there in a huge mess. He told me there was this thing under a desk in the corner that I can grab.



I go and check it out, and it's only about a foot tall, so I reach under and spin it by a handle. Spins pretty easily, I guess it was on some pivot like a rock or something. I go to slide it out, and end up leaning back at almost a 45 degree angle and the thing won't budge. Then, the handle snaps and I'm on the ground.

I finally spin it out from under the desk, and read the plate on it. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it other than a doorstop for now (or an anchor). No, there was nothing to add to my "OMG It's Uranium!" bucket.

There is a lot of easily accessible lead in this thing if I find that no one wants it as a collectible...not that I really would want to scrap it.

Now thats something you see everyday...

Yeah thats cool,

Ryanw
I tried sending you a PM, not sure if its going through. I'm interested in that lead case. Thanks, Kristin

Originally Posted by SuperDave

That is cool nice find. How much does it weigh?
There must be a collector somewhere for something like this..

It weighs 222 lbs.

Wow, that will definitely be worth more to a collector versus scrap. Quick search shows it may be museum quality Technical Associates Lead Shield (1947, 1948) Nice find!

I'm with Mechanic688 on this. There are some geiger counters for sale on ebay.
That is very cool though.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Is it "hot" (radioactive)?? hope not,,,

From the information supplied here:

Technical Associates Lead Shield (1947, 1948)

It looks like it was just supposed to block cosmic radiation from the outside, and not store nuclear material.