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Re:Low-Background Steel by ChuckMcM on Saturday July 18, 2020 @11:53PM (#23886857)
And here https://physicsworld.com/a/ancient-romans-join-neutrino-hunt...

I had some low radiation lead for a while, makes for an interesting curio. As I recall its providence was re-melted musket balls from a shipwreck in the Bahamas.

Re:Low-Background Steel by pengaru on Sunday July 19, 2020 @02:45AM (#23887504)
nit: provenance
Re:Low-Background Steel by ChuckMcM on Sunday July 19, 2020 @02:52PM (#23891478)
Yeah :-) I kept it as a neat hack for selling lead from a shipwreck that had paid for itself by selling off the gold and other bits, and the salvage operator was effectively eeking out a few more bucks from the geek crowd :-).