[ARealMothersSonForever]

"The objects, one appearing to be a pipe bomb and another that appeared to be a paint can". Factoid- most paint cans do not show much more than background. I have never personally checked a pipe bomb with a Geiger counter.

[IYAAYAS]

"The objects, one appearing to be a pipe bomb and another that appeared to be a paint can". Factoid- most paint cans do not show much more than background. I have never personally checked a pipe bomb with a Geiger counter."

A lot of pipe bombs could be lead pipe, if the devices are lead cylinders with radioactive contents it would need to be a mostly beta or gamma radiation source. That would rule out smoke detector or lamp filament type things.