Does anyone in #Philly have a #radioactive source that produces X-ray/gamma or beta #radiation, or know where I can visit / borrow one?

I bought a geiger counter alternative on Kickstarter, and I have no idea if it works. I could buy radioactive test material, but then I would be intentionally creating the situation I am trying to avoid: radiation in my house.

So I want to find a gamma or beta radiation source not in my house, to test my radiation detector, but I don't want to keep it.

edit: when I composed this message my client hadn't loaded all the comments giving near-identical statements... 😅️

some smoke detectors, some camera lenses, and some gas lantern mantles contain radioactive materials. mostly alpha particles, but I've wrapped an orange fiestaware plate in multiple layers of aluminium foil and still got clicks, so beta emitters exist 'in the wild' too.