Best Safe On A Budget?

Do you have the option of bolting it to the floor?

what's your budget?

I can go up to 200 for now, more later, but I'd prefer something cheaper than this. I do have the option of bolting it to the floor and that is what I indeed want to do. And I know there are always circumsmtances in which you can get a hard break but I want to prevent that as much as possible, so of course I would bolt it to the floor.

I would start in the $800.00 - $1,200.00 range for a gun/coin safe myself.....
And most assuredly would I bolt it to the floor !
Just keep in mind that they're NOT fireproof or thief proof or water proof.......and floods, fires, and thievery is never something you can really expect or plan for.......they WILL affect a safe !!
There are small pistol safes that might house some of your collection. They are reasonable in that price range.

Wow. Is this speaking from personal experience?

ShadowCreator the only legal issue that can sometimes be an obstacle course when dealing with boxes is after you die. It varies from state to state but sometimes your will won't allow people access to the box.

What Master Gardener posted is not nearly as far-fetched as GO wishes it were.

I'm interested in this topic also. I just transferred around my accumulation, can't call it a collection, and I have over a thousand dollars worth of silver in a small pistol size safe.

Ruling out safe deposit boxes for the stuff you don't want the authorities to inventory and tax, what do you do for security?

Ah, and, does it work? Thieves can't force you to open a safe no one knows about, but put it's location with your important papers!

Stack-on makes a decent upright, non-fire unit for about $250. Good for preventing the quick heist. Nothing can thwart the thief that is dedicated and has enough time. You pay alot for fire protection. Maybe weigh the cost of a special insurance rider against the coins.




Hey Mr.Positive Attitude, if it hits the fan that bad, no one will want your coins except for bullion anyway. Better start burying ingots in the woods of your compound.

Depending on where you live, if you have the ability to actually set the safe into the ground (for example, the floor of an unfinished basement) it will go a long way towards protecting the contents from fire. Dig a hole a few inches deeper than the actual safe, insert safe, and build a cover out of metal lined with firebrick. Not practical for renters, or in some parts of the country, but pretty effective. Biggest issue is protecting the contents from humidity.

If you want to go the real low-budget route for this, and have the ability to obscure the location of the hole, a dead refrigerator or chest-style freezer works just as well. Not much in the way of physical security, but unless somebody knows that you have a big stash of coins SOMEWHERE and takes the time to really search every inch of the house, it's about as safe (heh, safe joke) as the average homeowner is going to get.