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Pillar of the Community
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The safe I'm considering is TL-15 rated. It would be installed in the garage. Not the best place, I know, but trade off is if it were placed in the house I can't see bolting it down.
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Not the best place, I know, but trade off is if it were placed in the house I can't see bolting it down. I would make darn sure installing it inside your (hopefully) climate controlled home is not possible before committing to the rough environment of your garage. Where there is a will, there is a way.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If it comes to pass that the only place to put it is your garage you had better keep it 100% out of site. Just think how many times you open and close your garage door and anybody could see it.then you have to give strong consideration to climate and what damage that could cause.
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Pillar of the Community
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Garage is not best place for a safe. Would it be climate controlled with dehumidifier? What happens if you forget to close the garage door?
My safe is in the basement. It's not a thick metal expensive safe. But I also have door sensors and security cams around the perimeter of my house, several indoor cams turned on when I'm away from home overngiht. I have a firearm. I keep some coins at home, some at bank box. My thinking is keeping them in two places is better in case one has failure like fire, tornado, flood, burglary.
As already said do not tell people you keep valuables, coins at home. Loose lips sink ships as they say.
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07/29/2026 5:20 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I have S&W .22 revolver. Friend who owned the gun shop Zi bought it at approximately 50 years ago told me I should buy a larger caliber as the .22 would just tick off an intruder. I would also have to ask the intruder to wsit while I get the gun out of small safe ZI alresdy have. Then I would have to ask same intruder to wait a bit longer while I get 50 year old ammo that's stored in a separate location and load aforementioned gun. Hopefully I point the gun in the right direction as I've never fired it (my wife has...two rounds). I do have experience firing a .22 rifle though at clay pigeons, at Boy Scout camp, when I was 12, in 1962 (I hit one of three).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Most thieves will come in and go to the bedrooms and then look for a safe in a closet. While a high quality ($$$$) safe will protect valuables for a few hours, a determined thief can get in, especially if your not home for 8+ hours like while at work. You would be better off putting your valuables in a random box that's stored in an attic or basement. Something in conspicuous, it's not to say they won't find but most criminals want in and out and 90% of all people store valuables in their bedroom, closet or safe. So they go their first and leave. Also like stated above don't tell anyone what you have.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have a full size gun safe in my den but it's full of guns so no coins there. If I bought another safe it would only hold a small part of my collection.
So, my coins will remain stored in bankers boxes. I'm usually at home and if I do run an errand I'm back in a half hour or less and I'm never gone overnight.
I keep a Ruger .357 magnum revolver for home protection and a Glock 21 .45 ACP as a backup. And, I'm a pretty good shot.
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I have cameras surrounding my house IN PLAIN Sight with warning signs. 2 large German Sheppard dogs, 1 30-06, 1 pistol grip 12 gauge shot gun, 1 .22 Ruger pistol, 1 Taurus .40 cal pistol, and a Desert Eagle .50 cal handgun  what my dogs don't eat my weapons sill finish. (I also keep knives stashed all over the house)  My 'coin room' has a standard key lock on the door (which I replaced with a solid core door, security bars on the only window that over looks my back yard (no access to the front street area - and I had ballistic film installed on the glass. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sounds like you have everything covered, Dearborn.  A Desert Eagle 50 cal? Now that's a serious handgun. |
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A Desert Eagle 50 cal? Now that's a serious handgun. yes it is The DE has 2 separate recoil springs under the slide to balance the weapon and is gas operated to reduce the recoil during firing. |
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And, I'm a pretty good shot. Then the wheelgun is all you need.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Hopefully, jbuck, I won't need either one.
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Hopefully, jbuck, I won't need either one. Indeed! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I recently inherited my mother's safe. When I opened it, all of the paper items were pretty much toast. Humidity had damaged old photos / letters / paper money (but not to the point of being valueless.) I put the safe in my house and use it to store the 90% Ag stack. We also have safe deposit boxes at two different banks to keep true valuables. In each case, I've added desiccant that is changed regularly. The best piece of gun advice I ever received was: if you aren't proficient at using a gun and WILLING to use it, don't keep one in the house. We have a couple of handguns and two shotguns. My wife is a gun enthusiast and a much better shot than I - so, I'm hiding behind her! "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Posted 07/29/2026 2:34 pm
