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    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.

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    Now thats something you see everyday...

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

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    That has to be the coolest thing I have ever seen!
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    Yeah thats cool,

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperDave View Post
    That is cool nice find. How much does it weigh?
    There must be a collector somewhere for something like this..
    It weighs 222 lbs.

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    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!

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

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    That is really cool. Thanks for sharing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    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.

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    You could put the last twinkie in and keep it fresh forever even after a nuclear war.

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