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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 502351, member: 16510&quot;]<b>Use the safe for bait.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve heard you could use your safe for bait.</p><p>A guy I know says he uses his safe as bait.&nbsp; He has a safe, a home type around 200 lbs empty.&nbsp; It is bolted to the floor and filled with bags of sand or boxes of penny&#039;s.&nbsp; Total weight loaded is about 800 lbs - it is just inviting enough for a couple of thieve to attempt to pry it up and carry it off.&nbsp; Then all his coins are in old (empty and clean) dry food boxes in the pantry and appear as common food dry goods.&nbsp; The hope is either the crooks would spend time trying to open or move the safe thinking that is where the valuables are.</p><p>I also heard of a older couple who had a lot of gold type coins.&nbsp; They put them up loose in cans of pecans or walnuts near the bottom of a filled container so at first glance they appear to be cans of nuts.&nbsp; Then even if they shove their hand in the tin with the coins near the bottom they may not find them.&nbsp; The coins are said to have stayed in perfect mint state condition after many decades.</p><p>A coin dealer I know has a safe so large and modern it rivals any safe at any jeweler and appears to impregnable from what I can see.&nbsp; When attempting to open this model it looks itself down and only the company that makes it can open it, plus it weighs over 4000 lbs. empty.</p><p>I always have thought that the more fancy the coin albums or boxes you have, the rosewood, walnut and custom made stuff is just right (if left out during the day) for tempting local home maintenance persons or visitors to your house.&nbsp; This is another reason keeping coins in plain jane in 3-ring</p><p>binders is a good option.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is a great topic to discuss and we all can use the many different helpful responses we can get here.</p><p>Good topic,</p><p>Ben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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