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Valued Member
United States
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I'm a little paranoid. One safe with a "little" stash in, in plain sight. Another fireproof gun safe with a "little" bit more. Lastly, the real meat and potatoes is in a hidden safe. I figure if I get robbed, the thief is happy he got my stash, and I'm happy he thought it WAS my stash.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1150 Posts |
Opsec is the way to go. For the most part, if you don't let people know what you have or where it is at, you will never have a problem.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ive got 1 tiny safe, probably 10 pounds, theres nothing in it. I put all of my stuff in little compartment where my old lego is stored
Edited by Adam_E
04/22/2011 09:04 am
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Valued Member
United States
299 Posts |
I'm a bit like ayejay...
But for you guys thinking the size and weight of the safe is what makes it safe...google up utube videos of safecracking. If it can be laid on it's back, most of them can be opened in ten minutes or less.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mine is under the lose tile in the basement bathroom. I dont have to worry because my cat blocks it ;) - Freakwhizzle Now that must be some cat! Get him from MGM by any chance?  Quote:
yea I probably should have it bolted to the floor, but I never did.
but in my defense I was more worried about a fire, at least thats my excuse and I am sticking to it. - Willy13 If you have kids, then fire is probably more likely than just about any other problem. Kids can be pretty careless or unknowing how dangerous some situations can become. When my son was 4-5 years old, my wife and I had to lock him in his room at night or he would roam the house and play with matches. Fortunately, we all survived that stage of his development!  Quote:
I keep my silver rounds in a few of these lying around the laundry room: - Vinny LOL, Vinny! I'm not touching those, no way, no how!  Quote:
If it can be laid on it's back, most of them can be opened in ten minutes or less. - Piffin I did not know that but it doesn't surprise me a lot. I have a 4.5" hand-held grinder that I bought from Harbor Freight for around $20. Depending on the wheel I use in it, it can cut through some VERY tough steel quite easily. I have used it several times and am always amazed at how quickly that 11,000 rpm spinning disk can zip through steel. Haven't tried it on a safe before but would imagine that with a couple of disks and about 20 minutes, it could do some real damage.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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I have a rather large safe that has been anchored both to the concrete floor and the concrete foundation wall in my home office, and is hidden from view as well. |
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 United States
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I have my most of my coins in a SDB now. I still have a few at my parents house in my old safe.
Once I buy a house, I will get a large gun safe, anchored to the floor.
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04/28/2011 03:56 am
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United States
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I have a rather large safe that has been anchored both to the concrete floor and the concrete foundation wall in my home office, and is hidden from view as well. - gwcregger Wow. A triple whammy for sure. Nice job on securing your goodies, GW.  |
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United States
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I have my most of my coins in a SDB now. I still have a few at my parents house in my old safe. Once I buy a house, I will get a large gun safe, anchored to the floor. - vermontensium Sounds like a real good plan. I like the idea of a safe to protect our goodies but also want it to be hidden from view. A SDB is also good, especially for a small volume of high value items like gold coins. Whoa... 300 post milepost has been reached!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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I have a small safe, bolted to the floor. It also holds up one end of a bookcase that I built over it. Would love to get a nice sized gun safe for my coins and card collection but I just don't have room for one right now.
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United States
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I went with the concrete in floor safe. If you can find it you'll need to jack-hammer that guy out...
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I regret not buying a 100-unit safe deposit box section, mimimum 5x5s. Even outside a vault, if you randomize the boxes, you can sort in it, and a crook would need to break them open one at a time.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I'm a little paranoid. One safe with a "little" stash in, in plain sight. Another fireproof gun safe with a "little" bit more. Lastly, the real meat and potatoes is in a hidden safe. I figure if I get robbed, the thief is happy he got my stash, and I'm happy he thought it WAS my stash. I read of a jewelry maufacturer taking about a $750,000 hit. With 20/20 hindsight, they mentioned that safe was inadequate for that value, and that the stuff should have been in at least two safes. If there are two safes, it will take twice as long to get everything. |
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United States
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I read of a jewelry maufacturer taking about a $750,000 hit. With 20/20 hindsight, they mentioned that safe was inadequate for that value... One would think that a person could spend, oh, say, 1% of the value of what's in the safe on the safe itself. Given the jewelry stash in this safe, did they spend $7500 on it? Hard to say for sure but maybe not. I have been surveying the herd in the safe business and you can get one heckuva good safe for around $5,000. Hmmm... maybe what they really needed was a vault and not a safe at all? |
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United States
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I have a small safe bolted to a wall. I know that doesn't give adequate protection but I also have a monitored alarm system (ex-installer) with every window and door protected, camera that I can view on my iphone and get alerts if someone enters my house and a American Bulldog.
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08/22/2011 09:40 am
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