It is accuatly a real thing, although you guys spell it wrong.
It is more commonly know as a Geiger muller tube but can be called a Geiger meter or counter.
They are used to detect levels in radiation (which is what egons doing in the street) and make an annoying bleep every time a radioactive particle passes through its sensor (what the sensor is, i have no idea).
They usually look some thing like this, with the sensor in a tube, hence the name Geiger muller tube.
But receintly i belive some are being made like this funkey little thing (which looks suspisiously PKEish)
I apoligise if this has been posted about before but im new here and dont know much about the post history, and i couldent find anything about it.
Not really, as listed in the script and all other material… the device Egon has in Ghostbusters II is the GIGA Meter, designed to measure Giga Electron Volts (and no, no such device actually exists). The Geiger Meter (or Counter) is designed to detect/register radiation levels as you mentioned. They’re not meant to be the same device.
and im pretty sure that the geiger counter was named after the guy who invented it. still though it woulb be a sweet addition to your ghostbusting gear
Yes it is a handle on the first one, at least, im pretty sure it is!
Yea, you’ve both got the same opinion as me, thats why i was sure they where the same thing, i’d love to get a real one, though i think their expensive, i’ll have to look around…
The one in the second one looks so much like a PKE…
Interestingly enough, some paranormal investigators use Geiger counters for ghost hunting. It really just depends on which paranormal theories you believe to be correct or possibilities. So, although the Giga meter and Geiger counter are not the same device, in the real world of paranormal investigation and research the Geiger counter makes a logical choice for a real version Giga meter.. More or less.. Just my two cents! :lol:
Uh huh.. Strangely enough, most people think I’m more “nuts” for building props for a movie that came out 23 years ago rather than for my interest in the paranormal. So - Whatev! - to you good sir! :lol:
Kids today don’t know nothin’. I cannot believe people didn’t know what a Geiger meter is. It hasn’t been that long since the cold war and living in fear of the bomb. grumblegrumble… largest nuclear arsenal in the world and they don’t even know what a Geiger meter is…shakes head in disbelief.
Quite frankly, it’s not even really worth the effort to explain myself. After the last thread that ended in such a debacle, I’m not even going to bother with my point.
