Keeping Your Stack A Secret

Im thinking about a smallish safe. It is actually marketed for hand gun storage. Made by stack-on. Its about 1 square foot. Opinions? Reviews? Have a better one? I would spend up to $150 for one similar.

A small, fully carpeted handgun safe should be okay. But you're likely to outgrow it's limited space down the road. For a budget of $150, you have several brands, sizes, and options to choose from.

It may sound obvious, but buy a safe to fit the location where you'll be keeping it. A small, low profile handgun safe can be mounted under a heavy desk, on an out-of-the-way heavy duty built-in shelf, or even under a bed. The larger the safe, the more mounting options you have but it'll be more difficult to conceal. Whatever you buy, I do think it's critical that you do "mount" or otherwise securely attach your safe to something secure and immobile. Otherwise, your safe just becomes a slightly inconvenient carrying case for a thief.

Good one frazzle

I have 2 kids they both collect more my 6 year old then my teenager but I would be happy if I went in my kids room and found some stashed silver or coins actually my oldest she had some foreign coins I didn't know she had I just left them was happy she is learning the code of silence about her stash I have silver slashes from when I was a kid and its a lot and my wife doesn't even know where it is lol keep doing what your doing man save all that silver get a safe or deposit box fill it to the brim because when the selling time comes they will see why you saved it all those years good luck

Well, that's why I said I do tell my son about my coin collection. I am helping him start his own, and whenever I buy a new coin I show it to him.

He just really doesn't need to know about the monster boxes and bars of silver bullion, however, since I bought those purely as investments and not out of any sense of being a "collector" or "hobbyist."

But that's just me. If I were buying bullion coins and bars because of how they looked instead of just for their silver content, I might feel differently.

must admit...I never realized I was in the bullion forum

I am a bit more discreet with the PM's...my coins are shared more feely...

Two stashes for me. One plainly visible and the other you would have to literally know it exists or tear the house apart to find it. I leave about 25 ozs in plain sight on my dresser in the bedroom.

I live in an extremely small town with literally a non-existant crime rate. If someone ever does break-in and I am home, he won't be walking out with either stash. I believe in having a loaded gun in every room of my house.

Yes, keeping your mouth shut about your stash is a very good idea. In most cases, the people you know are fine but if they slip and tell a gardener, handyman, or other service worker, who knows what they or their associates might do?

As to talking on this forum, sure... within reason. Pics are fine and a lot of us post them for others to see. Taking a pic of your storage area is probably not wise, though. Tracking someone from the very limited info presented here would be VERY difficult, so that is unlikely to be a problem.

Someone else mentioned a small handgun safe as a possible PM storage place. Sure, why not? The main thing is to have it well hidden, disguised if possible, and secured to something very solid. A fake stash containing a small amount of your stash and maybe a couple of hundred in cash might also be a good ruse. Most crooks want to grab fast and run. Anything that makes them work or slows them down is bad for them but good for us.

As always, think of security as something that you put on in layers. A noisy dog, even a small one, is a great deterrent to thieves. They thrive on anonymity, so anything that calls attention to their activities is good for us and bad for them. Good lighting, minimal landscaping around doors and windows, a monitored alarm system, a decent defensive weapon, and good property insurance are all good to have.