Grinding such materials produces airborne particulate that lingers for days.

they mentioned using a Geiger counter, does that count?

seems like it can: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228631/

I literally got one of those and mentioned this

The metal tube that most Geiger tubes are made out of stops alpha particles. Unless you've tested your detector with a known alpha source, it's useless for radiological survey use.

OK while we're obviously on different pages on knowledge domains here, when I say wrap I mean like 10000 year old wire-wrap style. No messing up the thing at all, pretty much just wrapping it in gold for earrings or something and maybe adding something else like some glass with a radiation symbol in it or something

Does that still pose a significant risk of any sort?

I'm not doubting that GP is correct because I'm not an expert, but I don't understand the importance attached to alpha particle detection. Alpha particles generally can't make it through human skin, and are these materials are not dangerous to handle unless ingested/inhaled (although I wouldn't recommend wearing it either) It's the other higher-energy forms of radiation (beta, gamma, neutron) that pose the more dangerous radiation poisoning threats

That's really what I figured too