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I used to rent a farmhouse that had been remodeled. One of my friends worked for the contractor, and he showed me the coolest hidden room that I've ever seen. When you go in the closet you would reach down and lift up a piece of baseboard that mounted with three nails which came up out of the floor. As long as that piece of baseboard was in place nothing would move. When you lift the baseboard and remove it the whole wall was hinged and opened into a five foot deep storage area. I know another guy that has one now.
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Pillar of the Community
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So the door was the wall, and it was hinged at the bottom, and the loose base board on the floor which it was attached to was the handle to the secret room?
Clever little spot....
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That's pretty slick. I'm a big fan of the innocuous as opposed to the big vault screaming "rob me!".
In regards to the guy that lost half a mil in silver -- it was actually more like 150k worth (only marginally less painful for him, I'm sure!) and from what I understood he talked day and night about his stash to his neighbors.
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Pillar of the Community
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Good call Ten Sense, as that 150K just keeps getting bigger an bigger in my mind, like a fish story, or the war story where the guy went from taking out five more guys single handed, to an entire division, lol....
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In the computer industry we have something called a honey pot. Read more about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeypot_(computing). In that vein I've got an idea I want to try. Going to get several larger binders and a bunch of the plastic folders and 2x2's. Then I'll go to the bank and get several rolls of pennies, dimes, quarters, and maybe some of those special 10 lbs of world coins for X dollars. Just enough stuff to get the binders good and heavy. Print up some convincing looking labels and then just leave them more out in the open. Hear thieves always go the master bed room first... |
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Hidden is good... REAL good! Thieves cannot steal what they do not know is there.
Also like the idea of a hidden room or a vault room.
As a finishing touch, something that looks like it is valuable but isn't makes for a very fine distraction. It also makes a good way to ID the thief when he tries to peddle these somewhere.
I once read about a fellow whose house was broken into. Some thieves stole about $250 worth of stereo gear but left over $35,000 worth of fine porcelain pieces in his collection. All this was in the 2 glass cases next to the stereo. At least they did not break any of it.
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Rest in Peace
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Five safes, two SDB, two semis, security systems, six locations, shoot to kill policy.
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Five safes, two SDB, two semis, security systems, six locations, shoot to kill policy LOL - if you get them in the yard, make sure you drag 'em back into the house; I've that helps in some states! |
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Seeing that safe sitting there I imagine framing a stud wall in front of it and a sturdy door installed with a good deadbolt installed right in front of the safe. It would really seal the deal.
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Five safes, two SDB, two semis, security systems, six locations, shoot to kill policy. What? No slavering pair of 90 lb. dober-wilers?  |
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