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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gboulton, post: 1246505, member: 27043&quot;]Recently went through some of this myself.&nbsp; Here&#039;s what I learned.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, check with your homeowners/renters insurance, to be CERTAIN of what&#039;s covered and what isn&#039;t, and what steps you must take to be compliant with your policy&#039;s requirements.&nbsp; A great many policies will NOT cover what you might expect, but several companies will offer riders and additional coverage in varying degrees, at various costs.&nbsp; The bottom line is to be informed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Consider also WHY you have certain items/coins/metals.&nbsp; Just as an example, if you have some significant amount of gold because you think the SHTF moment is coming soon, are you sure you want to put it in a bank that might close in such a scenario?&nbsp; Or, as another example, is the value of the item tied to some sort of family history, or does it have value &quot;on the market&quot; to a potential thief?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, if you&#039;re storing offsite, become familiar with the rules, regulations, fees, etc for accessing your items.&nbsp; Can you get to them at such and such hours?&nbsp; For example, are you likely to wish to make a deal or trade at weekend coin shows, when the bank isn&#039;t open?&nbsp; If fees aren&#039;t paid, are you restricted, are your items held and then auctioned, etc?</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, if you choose to store at home, do THOROUGH research, and invest in a &quot;real&quot; safe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look through YouTube for the various safe &quot;cracking&quot; videos.&nbsp; One in particular, &quot;Security on Sale&quot; comes to mind. Then google &quot;how to open a safe&quot; and &quot;braking into a safe&quot; and such things.&nbsp; Read, read, read.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you&#039;ll find is that a great many brands/models/styles of safes are simply large neon signs that say &quot;Hello Mr. Thief.&nbsp; My valuables are over here!&quot; and offer 30 seconds or less of &quot;resistance&quot; to any sort of aggressive attack.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Be prepared to spend upwards of $1000 on a safe that is truly resistant to an aggressive thief, and be prepared also to do (or hire done) the work necessary to secure it to the building itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, consider also what other &quot;security features&quot; you have or can have in place.&nbsp; Dogs, firearms, home alarm, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>================</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember...ALL security (this goes for your data too!) boils down to a very simple equation:</p><p><br /></p><p>Thief&#039;s value VS. Item value</p><p><br /></p><p>If the value of the thief&#039;s time, effort, and risk is HIGHER than the value of your item, (s)he will move on to the next target.&nbsp; If not, you&#039;re going to get robbed/hacked.&nbsp; That simple.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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