Where The Best Plce To Hide Silver

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Why not put it in an old vacume under your stairs.( or wherever you keep old junk)
funny story, Back when My grandpa was around eh was into coins and Bullion. He didnt tell the bank he had it obviously, and when times got tough he decided to pull it out and sell some of it. But seeing as how he HID it in his backyard he couldnt find it. So he called in a backhoe ( or something like it) and started digging in his backyard for it. Eventually they found it. But the back hoe scoop scraped one of the silver bars and left an imprint in it.
We now have that bar of silver. Pics in a couple minutes

 

put it on the collar of a hungry rotty

 

A 40lb block of gold would be small, probably smaller than a VHS tape.

A ton of gold is only a bit over a cubic foot in size.

 

Sweet!!!!

 

Especially the coins!!!

 

You know something. That is an interesting idea about the VHS tapes. Do you realize you could open them up, rip out the insides, place valuables in them, reseal them and just put them on a shelf. Not even the stupidest criminal would bother to steal VHS tapes. And just how many would even bother to pick one up.
Same with a VHS machine. You could just open them also, rip out the insides, leave the screws off for easy access, place under a TV set and you have the safest safe in the world and in plain sight.

 

There are tons of places you could hide stuff in a home, that a burglar wouldn't find, they have minimal time to spend.

In an attic under some insulation is very unlikely to be found.

In a wall, cut in a dummy plug, complete with plug guts, it would only take a minute to disassemble it.

In a bag of cat litter, or even a litterbox, even if you don't have a cat... I doubt they touch that !

Clutter is your friend !

Hollow out a book.

They make cans of stuff like Raid,WD-40, etc. for hiding stuff.

Inside of heating vents, especially return air ones... there's often a lot of space there that could hide a good quantity, and not affect airflow.

 

Now the burglars know where everybody that posted a suggestion on this topic hides their silver. :loud:

 

Clutter is your friend; I like that, and if it's true I am very safe indeed!

 

Melt it down, mold it into the form of a large garbage bin, mug, table etc. I'm sure most robbers if they are not careful or not knowing what they are stealing will miss it. Of course this is if you are serious enough to melt it down.

Or if you are paranoid with theft, deposit in a bank safe and add a GPS tracking device to make sure whether it gets transported, you'll be able to track it. But again, cost of doing that may not be economical unless you have over let's say 100lbs of silver?

 

Hi Doug21,

(((In an attic under some insulation is very unlikely to be found.
In a wall, cut in a dummy plug, complete with plug guts, it would only take a minute to disassemble it.)))

Yes, sounds good up to a point. I watch a program on tv named "If Walls Could Talk"
and house restorers find a lot of really good stuff in old attics, basements and walls.
So, make sure you don't sell the house before you find the stuff you hid.

(((In a bag of cat litter, or even a litterbox, even if you don't have a cat... I doubt they touch that !)))
They probably would not touch it. But my cat would *tell* them where it is.
He is the snoopiest cat I have ever known, sniffs around like a beagle, and must know why something has been moved, removed or changed. So he would likely be the one who would show the burglar where we hid anything.

(((Clutter is your friend !)))
Apparently you have been in my daughter's house. Problem is, she can't find anything there, and heaven forbid she lose money and try to find it again.

(((Hollow out a book)))
That is, unless the burglar gets bored by what they cannot find and decides to sit awhile and read.

Thanks for letting me show my sarcastic, smart-aleck answers... it has been fun.

Oh, but the way, an acquaintance of mine use to use the crawl space under the house for hiding stuff. She would put coins in a clean gallon jug and put a retrieval cord on it and attach the cord to a nail under the edge of the crawl space. That way she could haul it up when she needed to.

This has been a fun thread.
Thanks!

jeankay

 

I agree, hope not too many burglars visit this forum. But getting some good ideas, for now I'm keeping most of my stuff in the safe. Besides, I probably have less to worry about then you, I only collect copper.

Phoenix :cool

 

They sure as heck won't post here, but they can and do lurk I am sure.

 

bottom line is a burglar is going to be fast, if anything close to typical. 5 minutes, dump drawers, and out.

Attic/ wall stuff is very safe.

 

I agree about the run of the mill smash and grab sort of burglar. To protect your valuables its more a matter of making things as inconvenient for thief as possible. Anything that burns time will dissuade the smash and grabbers.
However, Anyone who is lurking here with the intent of targeting a collector's house has their eyes on a bigger prize. They'll be more thoughtful and find a way to spend more time in the house in order to get the good stuff. Also, I would think that the professional thief would already know about the all the various places that have been mentioned here.



It isn't paranoia if they really out to get you

 

I agree with that, NO NO

 

Have you ever noticed the deep hem lines on drapes? Most will hold coins or even 10oz bars pretty easily and the drapes are always straight and few burglars will be messing with window dressings while they're going through the freezer, reading books and lifting toilet tank lids. I don't do this with silver but in the past before I had a safe or more creative hiding places I used to keep my emergency 'folding' money there. And I WAS burglarized, they took the appliances, jewelry, RX's, etc., but didn't get the money. NOW of course, that'll be a new place to look I guess.

 

Just invite them in, have them look at the silver and see if they want it. With all this talk on the hiding places it can take about Five minutes to check all the hiding places on this forum. Hide but don't tell.

 

I work in a maximum security prison...I have asked and recieved many answers over the years from the "professionals". They stated to me that 1) Make it so heavy/bulky that I cannot move or remove it from the house. Any safe or lock box is only as strong as the wood or other material it is bolted too. Their answer to that is to jump on a crowbarbar carefully placed under your lock box. 2) Lighting inside and outside of the home. Lights coming on and off at random times and good outside lights. 3) Have a neighbor keep an eye on your trust and keep it limited to the people who know you are gone.... I purchased A safe that has a double lock/fireproof and weights about 450lbs. I also practice what was told to me by the pro.. hope this helps..