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« on: August 06, 2007, 07:18:35 AM »

What kind of ultraviolet lights do y'all use?  Portable?  Volts?  Watts?  Brands?  Sources?

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« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2007, 06:49:46 PM »

Cyn, from the Forum, you will find the different topics to post in;

 Amerindian History
 
  History
 
  History of War
 
  Post-Columbian America
 
  Making History

If you put Forum in your favorites, you will go there eveytime to start. I think you may have Coffee Shop as your favorite now? At the bottom of each thread, you will see "reply", "notify", "add poll", etc. To reply in that topic, click on 'reply'.

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« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2007, 03:31:11 AM »

Post-Columbian America is obviously the superior place to post.
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« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2007, 12:36:29 AM »

Post-Columbian America is obviously the superior place to post.

Too narrow an area!

Meanwhile, you might wonder, what is my interest in UV/"black" lights?

Not only can one mark an item with an invisible UV pen to prevent buyers of antiquities from getting away with swapping your better widget with their inferior widget and claiming you sent them crap, they are also handy when doing cache hunting in and around houses.  With an UV lamp one can find alterations in walls, floors, fireplaces and so forth.

In addition, they can be used to find repairs, anomalies, in paintings and other objects.

A must have in the TH'ers toolkit.

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« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2007, 05:34:01 AM »

Is there a certain type or brand you could recommend? I have never used one for anything besides absorption for lapidary specimens, which was interesting but useless in any practical sense. Have you made any finds made using UV?

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« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2007, 07:33:13 AM »

Is there a certain type or brand you could recommend? I have never used one for anything besides absorption for lapidary specimens, which was interesting but useless in any practical sense. Have you made any finds made using UV?

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No Bart, I was looking for suggestions because I plan to invest in UV as part of my toolkit.

Gemologists have them for at least testing diamonds.  They grade them for (phosphorous?) flourescence:  I've had diamonds described from "none" to "moderate",; I don't know what they call them out of that range.  None is the ideal.

I forgot to mention that they are also great scorpion spotters.
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« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2007, 08:07:02 PM »

In between talking to myself on this subject, WinkI learned on a geneaology forum that you can use these to better read worn headstones.  I reckon they are good for any rock carvings then.  Off to search on options...

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« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2007, 05:39:02 PM »

http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_3052862

this might be a better choice....if not look at the rest of the site....
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« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2007, 07:37:44 PM »

Thank you, satdiver!

These things are clearly a real investment.

Had fun in the clearance section--Boxing Day is just around the corner.

Meanwhile, I lifted this from the blog posted in the Amelia Earhardt thread today:

"We then undertook a variety of excavations, metal detecting, and surface scanning for teeth and bones using a solar-powered daylight ultraviolet scanner designed by team member John Clauss."

I want that one!

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« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2007, 07:47:14 PM »

where we work, daylight is not an option!
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