What Is Red Mercury?

[KrishT]

I have this really old radio and people keep asking me photos of its motherboard for red mercury.

I haven't opened it yet...

Is this another clever scam???

Help!

 

[nRiTeCh]

On purpose I haven't posted the original links... you may google further!

Now if you sell this to anyone with criminal or mad scientist mentality beware the cops will on your lookout for any suspected terror activity or even a minor blat etc.

I too have an old crt but not sure if it contains any red mercury thing, hopefully doesn't as it wont fetch me more than 500 bucks but if someone is ready to offer me handsome sum of money then I might consider it albeit signing some legal document stating the sole purpose of the purchase and its intended use after sell & my zero liability thereafter...

 

[KrishT]

@nRiTeCh I really don't know how to react to this... I wish I were asking you about phones or something. Eh, I'm having a bad day already.

I don't want trouble. Should I just chuck the stupid radio?

 

[nRiTeCh]

Just cherish it as an antique piece for rest of your life..
Post the pic as would like to have a look at it...

 

[KrishT]

Here you go

 

[Emperor]

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@nRiTeCh I really don't know how to react to this... I wish I were asking you about phones or something. Eh, I'm having a bad day already.

I don't want trouble. Should I just chuck the stupid radio?

 

[NotMyRealName]

Here you go

Jeez, when you said old radio, i thought really old. This thing is probably all transistors, no chance of a vacuum tube.

Red Mercury is a hoax. The scam seems to have resurged as people seem to be desperate for money due to covid and lockdowns.

When i was very young we had an ancient room thermometer with a red liquid (dyed alcohol). For a long time i thought Mercury was red in colour...

 

[nRiTeCh]

Here you go

Dude its not at all old imo. I thought its something like these...

If your Sony contains mercury then probably I had Aiva from late 90s who too might had that mercury hiding which I trashed while shifting house.

 

[NotMyRealName]

If your Sony contains mercury then probably I had Aiva from late 90s who too might had that mercury hiding which I trashed while shifting house.

Mate, the mercury thing is a hoax!

 

[nRiTeCh]

Mate, the mercury thing is a hoax!

Nope its for real but in something which was in 80s and earlier era. Doubt in India anything of that sort was sold as all posts are from abroad.

 

[NotMyRealName]

Red mercury - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

'Red mercury': Why does this strange myth persist?

It's a magical healing substance. Or it could create devastating nuclear bombs. Except that red mercury doesn't actually exist.

www.bbc.com

 

[ssslayer]

I though red mercury is a poision used by whores, employed by "foreign hand", on our "innocent" folks.

 

[nimod]

we had a tv set which contained many vacuum tubes. Some 16-18. It was texla brand.

I remember very clearly that none of them were red.

I often used to look inside the tv box through vent holes for long time wondering about those lights.