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YES.  ..Anything that we can do to make our homes less inviting to uninvited guests is good. Good locks, cut back shrubs, no windows next to the doors, video cameras, AND BIG GUNS! In this case, Lead would be a Precious Metal...  Edited by Penny4Me
07/08/2012 10:52 pm
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Locks are only a temporary blockade. They are designed with a user in mind, to be opening and closing it at will and to keep casual passerbys out.
Now, barriers, on the other hand, are used to keep everyone out. A brick wall is a pretty good one. The downside is the owner cannot easily access the property.
So it all comes down to usage. Another great barrier is a covered hole in the ground or in the sea.
If you ask me, the best way to hide something is in plain sight. A flagpole, a driveway, a garden, teddy bear.... use your imagination and hope that criminals don't have one!
Or do what some people do: stick it in the bank at a safety deposit box.
Edited by Libertad
07/08/2012 11:03 pm
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Or do what some people do: stick it in the bank at a safety deposit box. I believe that a SDB has a place in one's PM hoard security system but strongly suggest that the SDB be in a local credit union or maybe a small town bank but not in any branch of the big banks in general and JPM, Citi, and BofA in particular. I just do not feel comfortable keeping valuables in a place where those with sticky fingers may be. Just ask those who had accounts with MF Global how well that worked out for them. No, it probably was not a SDB but it was a segregated account with numbered silver and gold bars in them that somehow managed to disappear and "no one knows where they went". Yeah, right.  |
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Picked up a few rolls of ASE's a while back, coin dealer told me I could avoid the local tax by sending the coins to my home address via USPS. It made me feel uncomfortable to give my home address out, so I payed the tax.... cash and carry. But I have been buying from this guy for 20+ years. Yes, my sister stole my PM's! My mother,(God bless her), would buy things she knew we liked and then gift them out at B-days and Christmas, etc.... For my sister it was collector Barbies, for me it was coins. You would never really know what she was gonna send but there was always 5 or 6 ASE's in each pachage. My mother got sick a while back and asked my sister to get all her valuebles out of the house and store at her place. My sister now claims that the bag of coins that Mom had for me is lost.... misplaced in her house somewhere. What you gonna do? |
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i havent but my mom has back in the 90s she had a 1 ounce gold panda necklace and 1/4 ounce ring and a "gentleman" took it from her one night when she was extremely drunk
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Edited by Penny4Me
07/10/2012 11:27 pm
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Friends, relatives, and acquaintances, as I suspected. Much like murder victims, it's the people you know who will damage you the most. These are the people you truly have to worry about. More so than the nameless thieves that get most of our attention.
I'll take this lesson to heart. Learn from the losses of others.
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"Friends, relatives, and acquaintances, as I suspected. Much like murder victims, it's the people you know who will damage you the most. These are the people you truly have to worry about. More so than the nameless thieves that get most of our attention."
Sad but true. I was a LEO for ten years, I found that most crimes against persons were a known subject.
Thanks for the suggestion Penny4me, but I am sure the coins are long gone by now, just like a diamond ring my mother had for my wife. My sisters husband is addicted to Px pain killers. Lucky for me they live 2,000 miles away!
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My sister now claims that the bag of coins that Mom had for me is lost.... misplaced in her house somewhere. What you gonna do? You must have a different relationship with your Sis than I do with mine. I would tell my Sis to hand over the coins or I was gonna kick her a**. Given that I have had to do that *once* before, she WOULD believe me and fork 'em over!  Not that I advocate violence in settling domestic disputes but... I can make an exception for certain individuals. My Sis is 3 years older than I am and she ruled the roost when we were kids. Then, when I was about 15, she started giving me her usual crap and I kicked her down the stairs. I was barefoot at the time and broke my toe but it was worth it! She's been real nice to me ever since.  |
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Many years ago by a very close friend. It was easy for him since he even knew when we were going on vacation. We were friends since kindergarten.
Both raised in good family setting with neither wanting anything. I had his back and he had mine all through life.
Like I said be careful who you talk to or show what you have.
In the end he was caught selling them at flee market. Some of the sets had hidden marks on them which proved to be his down fall.
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Sorry to hear that, MK. Losing a life-long friend would be worse than losing the PMs! |
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I actually had 2 1/2 ounce gold coins lost and returned to me :)
I used to carry 2 1/2 ounce gold coins, both of significant sentimental value to me, in my wallet. On my way home from work one day I realized my dropped my wallet as soon as I stepped off the bus and saw it round the corner... I waited for that same bus to come back around but could not find my wallet on it. I thought all was lost and spent a self-loathing hour canceling my credit cards and calling in sick for the next day so I can get my IDs redone and what not.
Just as I was trying to come up with a story to explain to my wife how I only lost my wallet and 1oz of gold because I had to fight off a gang of hockey-stick-wielding gangsters while saving a pregnant mother and her elderly and disabled grandmother from certain disaster, my doorbell rings. Turns out a young guy on the same bus picked my wallet, and waited until he can borrow his folks' car so he can drive over to my place as indicated on my driver's license, and return my wallet. !
As soon as I had the wallet in hand I can feel the 2 1/2oz gold coins beaming. I then, uncontrollably gave the fellow a bear hung and ran to my stash to fish out a pristine, Canadian, silver coin to give to him for his troubles. Canadians are awesome.
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Canadians are awesome. That was good but giving the kid a $20 tip would have been even better. We can't just say that honesty pays - we have to demonstrate it! |
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also hide your dansco books in different places, cigar box, shoe boxes, linen closet, blanket hutch
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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@Ed_B: I tried my best. I didn't want to pull out cash as he was already turning down any finder's fee when I asked him to wait a bit. I gave him a 1/2 oz silver coin I had just bought from a private Canadian mint that cost me ~$40. He could've pawned it off for $20 if he wanted to, so I thought it was a fitting gift. A bit more than cash but as good as cash.
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