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<p>[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1586969, member: 37498"]I'd much rather hide my stuff than lock it up in something like an old dorm fridge.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, one of my old hiding spots that I used in the past:</p><p><br /></p><p>An old 30mm ammo can in the garage. I had a smaller ammo can filled with valuables nested in the bottom of the larger can, and tire chains piled on top of it. If someone tried to lift the ammo can, they'd feel it was very heavy. If they opened it, they'd probably assume the whole box was filled with tire chains. If they were looking for valuable stuff to steal, they'd probably run away from an ammo can full of rusty old tire chains.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or, hide it in plain sight: My grandpa used to have a chunk of silver that he "accumulated" when he used to work at a silver mine in Nevada. This thing was probably 20-30 lbs and he used it as a door stop out in his shop. I remember seeing it when I was a kid, but it wasn't until a few years ago that I learned it was silver. It just looked like a big blob of scrap metal to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1586969, member: 37498"]I'd much rather hide my stuff than lock it up in something like an old dorm fridge. For example, one of my old hiding spots that I used in the past: An old 30mm ammo can in the garage. I had a smaller ammo can filled with valuables nested in the bottom of the larger can, and tire chains piled on top of it. If someone tried to lift the ammo can, they'd feel it was very heavy. If they opened it, they'd probably assume the whole box was filled with tire chains. If they were looking for valuable stuff to steal, they'd probably run away from an ammo can full of rusty old tire chains. Or, hide it in plain sight: My grandpa used to have a chunk of silver that he "accumulated" when he used to work at a silver mine in Nevada. This thing was probably 20-30 lbs and he used it as a door stop out in his shop. I remember seeing it when I was a kid, but it wasn't until a few years ago that I learned it was silver. It just looked like a big blob of scrap metal to me.[/QUOTE]
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