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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 783209, member: 19065&quot;]Suggest that you put the collection in the hands of a coin dealer and just walk away. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think you are being very selfish with these items, especially as they are items that others would gladly welcome or seek to add to their collections, whether given to them by your own personal charity or if you were to sell the collection in parts via auctions or in whole to a dealer. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are going to bury something of value, perhaps you should sell everything in your collection so that they stay available to collectors and invest all the proceeds you raised in as many bars of precious metals you can acquire, then bury that instead. It will be A LOT easier to dig a smaller hole, it will be less you need to attempt to entomb and you will find it <u>very</u> difficult to damage the bars compared to the massive destruction and reduction in value you will cause your collection by burying that bulk. </p><p><br /></p><p>I seriously think if you are this intent on this behavior that you truly need to be separated from these items before you do any damage by this novice burial concept you&#039;ve proposed. </p><p><br /></p><p>You are wasting your time and money on the materials you&#039;ve so far disclosed that you will use as they <u><i>will fail</i></u> to preserve your items in the earth, and in very short order. You clearly misunderstand the effects of what entombment alone can and will do based on your approach and the environment you will place them in, below ground. How deep will you bury them and at what depth will you know that you need a structure (other than those tubs) to stave off the crushing effects of the weight of the dirt you pack back on top of the hole. You also seem to misunderstand how dissectants in this scenario will work against you, more than likely casuing moisture to seek out your items rather than keep the space within your boxes free of moisture. They will soak up moisture and accelerate damage in short order, especially if you are burying these coins in Spring when everything is wet. Once any moisture gets in/around all that plastic you intend to use, the materials will hold the moisture and it will never dry. You have also mentioned that the ground is currently frozen, what will you do to prevent frost and freezing from causing it&#039;s effects? Do you know how deep your frost line is and how much further you should go to be totally free of that? But what then of the water table?</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;About Good&#039; is hardly the condition of the items that you are bound to get back out of this grave you are designing for your collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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