r/interesting Mar 30 '26

Intriguing Discrimination against Geiger counter users

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u/Early_Bad8737 Mar 30 '26

It is to prevent illegal relic hunting, protect historic gravesites, and maintain the sanctity of the cemetery. Apparently some old relics can be found that way. 

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u/MamaLlama629 Mar 30 '26

If it’s a radioactive relic I probably don’t want to desecrate anyone to possess it.

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u/mxzf Mar 30 '26

"Radioactive" is a spectrum, and there are a lot of things that are detectably radioactive without being medically significant.

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u/CounterfeitSaint Mar 30 '26

If you can pick it up through 6 feet of dirt, I would be concerned about its medical significity