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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2541123, member: 71510&quot;]There&#039;s a lot of factors that go into choosing a &quot;safe&quot; security vault.&nbsp; And there&#039;s a lot of difference in protection - and price - accordingly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was close to buying a &quot;Costco Special&quot; and something told me to back out when I was looking at them.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you do learn enough, you&#039;ll probably agree that a bank&#039;s Safe Deposit Box (SDB) is your best solution for your coin collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Beyond the box itself, a lot of the security comes from protecting access to the box, locating it, and being able to bolt it down to the slab.&nbsp; And of course protecting the home so that you delay their access as much as possible, and slow them down while the cops are on their way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Security is about layers.&nbsp; First is deterrents (alarm, dog, barred windows/doors, neighborhood watch, etc), next is complexity and obfuscation (misguide them, delay them, confuse them, control movements, frustrate them) and ultimately make the target more hassle than it&#039;s worth.&nbsp; Raise their risk/reward ratio enough to where even the stupidest criminal decides it isn&#039;t worth it.</p><p><br /></p><p>My grandfather kept a cheap empty safe in his garage.&nbsp; He was broken into in 1976, and by the time they got into it to steal &quot;nothing&quot; and run off, the police were at his doorstep.&nbsp; They were caught - he lost nothing - although the safe was destroyed.&nbsp; He never did tell me what he was protecting, or where he kept it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Smart man...&nbsp; or maybe not for advertising the safe in the garage...&nbsp; Makes for a great story though![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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