Originally Posted by
wrp96
Hadn't seen this thread before, my first instinct was the peanut butter (I now know that unopened jars of JIF are suspicious objects, and having 6-10 of them in your bag will cause interesting things to happen).
The one I haven't seen mentioned is leaded crystal. I usually keep this in my carry on bag (and pull out for separate screening), but I forgot on a trip last year and put a large piece in my checked bag (also forgot to pull out the piece that was in my carry on).
Not surprised about leaded crystal. Lead being VERY radio-opaque would result in those objects entirely obscuring anything underneath.
I had my bags searched when traveling to meet my gfs family. Anyone with family in Asia knows that gifts are a huge part of the process. I ended up with 16 bottles of vitamins(they don't trust the vitamins in their home country), 8 bottles of SPF100+ sunscreen (the max they can get there is 50 and it is around 3-10x more expensive than here) and assorted other chocolates and stuff. Not at all surprised that my bag was searched.