If You Were To Burry Your Stack

Us metal detectorists love guys like you!!

I was about to say national parkland or some nearby campground but maybe your area is more susceptible to fires than here on the Oregon Coast. Perhaps an industrial park. Plenty of scrap metal about that would throw off any metal detector. If you live anywhere near a cave system that would be another possibility. But the obvious choice would be somewhere on your land or that of your family's. I also hear PVC pipe makes a good container.

I am not sure I would ever bury PMs on land that I owned either.

Obviously he just misspelled the word, we all see it no real reason to bring that up. As for where would I bury my treasure? Ditto on what "oldGold" said "I would never burry PMs on any land I didn't own."

There is absolutely no way I would bury something on land I didn't own.

I'm a bit amused by the topic, but...do homes in Nevada have basements? Either way, safe, straight down and top off with concrete, if you'd like. Accessible location. Sufficiently hidden. Easier to protect. Away from those pesky guys with metal detectors. A bit less obvious than digging in your yard at midnight. And certainly no need for including those expensive MS-70 ASEs in your stack. Good luck on your road to 1000 oz.

Nope, me neither. But then... if something can be taxed, do we really ever own it? Probably not, for if we stop paying that tribute tax unpleasant things WILL happen.

Years ago, my wife and I bought a house with an unfinished basement. It was the only way we could get the square footage we wanted at the price we could afford. I spent 4 years working on it, part time, before it was all finished. Although I was not stacking in those days... no extra money... there were a couple of places that would have been really good. One was in a floor safe installed under the bar that I built. By removing two shelves that were solidly screwed to the frame of the bar, access would have been possible. The other was inside the frame that I built for our Jacuzzi tub. The front panel was screwed on but in a tricky way that made the screws very difficult to see. Had to do that so I could get at the pump if it ever had problems. Either of these two places would have been really good as PM hiding places.

I also like the idea of the hollow table or bed leg. That would be real good as well.

The final good place that I would use would be to put the PMs into 2" PVC tubes about 16-18" long, cap them, and lay them between the rafters and under the blown-in insulation.

Good security can be had by either strength or camouflage. The best security probably uses both.

Ed_B...I like your idea of the PVC tube under attic insulation but would the extreme heat and cold weather conditions harm the PM's?

That's a good question. I would think that it would be OK for bullion but maybe not for numismatic coins. Some attics get really hot in the summer time. I suppose that could harm a silver coin, especially if it wasn't packaged properly. Some plastics (CPVC & PVC?) might not be good for long term storage. Chlorine-free plastics should be OK, though. Cold should not be a problem, as any chemical reaction that might occur and damage the appearance of a coin slows rapidly with falling temps. Gold should be fine in either case as it is pretty inert.



My guess is that we can own anything that is not licensed, taxed, or regulated in some way. Yeah, that would make for a short list.