Black Light Sources

[starsplitter]

Greetings Old Hands:

This is a follow up to a previous post. Black lights...can anyone recommend a source besides a head shop? I want something that is practical. perhaps designed, for field use (check for disturbances in soil, etc. and for emeralds on the beach).

Thanks.

Mark

 

[EDDE]

http://www.ambericawest.com/blacklight5.html

 

[starsplitter]

Ed & Mike,

Thanks. I went to the website - the lights are surprisingly inexpensive (especially compared to what can be found at the mall).

Mark

 

[Functional]

Thought some here might find this useful.
Table of Minerals and their Colors:
http://www.startprospecting.com/html/table_of_minerals_and_their_co.html

If your planning to use ultraviolet light, use UV goggles.

F.

 

[99thpercentile]

I have an Inova X5 from Emmissive Energy, which is 395 nm. I have been pretty pleased with it. It costs about $40 and it is very bright. I have two units, one that has white LEDs and one with the UV LEDs. I have used them all over the world and think that they are a very good value. They use lithium 123 batteries, which are about $4 each at wal-mart or $16 for 12 if you by them direct from Surefire.

 

[boogeyman]

Try calling a electrical supply house. I walked in and bought a long wave bulb and a short wave that plugged into an old camp lantern I was given. Put some aluminum duct tape on half the lens and you got a nice black light that you can switch from long to short. I think if I had bought the lantern it would've cost about $22.00. By the way if you're in the desert don't pick up the green gardenhose!! If you do hope you got the right end My friend didn't know rattlers florese green

 

[BlackKnight]

LED Black Light
Perfect for:

• Find urine stains (i.e. at the hotel before you hop in bed!)

Now THAT was what I was looking for. No longer need to sleep in the bathtub

 

[stringfrenzy]

LED Black Light
Perfect for:

• Find urine stains (i.e. at the hotel before you hop in bed!)

Now THAT was what I was looking for. No longer need to sleep in the bathtub

I know what you mean.

 

[gamiller]

edmund scientific

http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_3052862

 

[boogeyman]

DO NOT BLACKLIGHT A MOTEL ROOM!!you'll never get a decent nights sleep again

 

[stringfrenzy]

DO NOT BLACKLIGHT A MOTEL ROOM!!you'll never get a decent nights sleep again

Good point.

 

[Rptyd]

Nothing like a hand-held.


http://www.blacklightsusa.com/blacklights1.html?gclid=CKWYos-Y6JUCFQGbnAodI3VseA


Jean

 

[maipenrai]

Anyone ever use a blacklight for hunting mushrooms? Just a thought, since I dont have a blacklight to try it.

 

[digging wv]

No, but I've used a blacklight AFTER hunting 'shrooms......

 

[boogeyman]

Add a little Stephen Wolf, and a good time was had by all!!

 

[normalizer]

I've got a streamlight blacklight flashlight I got off amazon, it's pretty cool. Can't remember why I bought it to be honest, but it's fun to play with occasionally.

 

[maipenrai]

Boogyeman, you said that rattlers can be found with a black light, what about other snakes? I still havent got my black light yet, except for a silly key chain light, but have seen a few snakes around here, more than usual, so would like to check them out during the night, they hide pretty good during the day. The only thing I have found are scorpions, with the black light. I dont have a lot of emeralds in my yard, so that would also be interesting to check out, up country.

 

[Produce Guy]

Try googling black lights & see what happens.

 

[goldenIrishman]

Just remember to use UV safety glasses while using a short wave blacklight! Those things will fry your eyeballs! Long sleeves are also a good idea to prevent skin cancer. After all.... They're pretty much "portable tanning beds"

Blacklights are very handy for prospecting of all types. There are a lot of minerals that are often found with gold that fluoresce. Some materials will glow different colors under different wavelengths of UV. It might be green under shortwave but it will glow red under longwave! Having a unit that will output both wavelengths is almost a must for the serious prospector. Even more so in the desert.

 

[morbiusandneo]

This has been a very informative thread. But, the one link that shows the colors for various minerals is a dead link. Any body know any other links that show that stuff?

This one says it will make diamonds glow. I didn't know that!! Wonder what other gems this can locate?

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