New Kind of Cache Hunting

[GrayCloud]

Time will tell. I am always checking the locale real estate markets in our neck of the woods and may have stumble on something. A bank building is for sale at a very good fair market value. Bank buildings have safe deposit boxes. Safe deposit boxes may or may not have valuables left in them. I have a friend going to check the property out tomorrow and he will verify if the boxes or still in place and if the bank did not have access to some of them when the property was vacated.
The TV Show ( IF Walls Could Talk ) showed a couple that bought an old bank to remodel into a home. They started accessing the locked boxes and have found all sorts of valuables. Will keep this post updated if all works out.
PS: I do have a second and third use for the building, so not just a cache hunt. I would never suggest to anyone to put hard earned money up for a MAYBE.

[lastleg]

Gray Cloud:

Good "out of the box" thinking. No pun intended.

[GrayCloud]

Does anybody out there know of a market for the two vault doors?

[lastleg]

You might try the 2 for 1 store.

[Old Silver]

Go for it, and post pics.

[Cachefinder]

Does anybody out there know of a market for the two vault doors?

$50 each

if u pay the shipping

[NGE]

Why not just leave them in place, and store all your cache's in there..........NGE

[Curtis]

Seen several banks turned into gold mines called restaurants!

[Knightwalker]

Does anybody out there know of a market for the two vault doors?

There is always the scrap yard. I'm sure they will bring a pretty penny or two.
Like Curtis siad. Turn it into a restaurant, then charge more for them to be locked in the vault room to eat.
HH in 2010
KW

[GrayCloud]

UPDATE: My Buddy called today with bad news... All the Safe Deposit Boxes have been removed. This is not the news I wanted to hear, but it is what it is... I will continue to keep an eye out for any of the older bank buildings going up for sale in this neck of the woods. Those of you that can, may also want to check out your area. Never know whats in a Locked Box.

[simonds]

Vault doors may sell OK. I know of a person who got one from a former bank building and installed it in his concrete basement wall to a gun vault with a concrete ceiling. He owns many guns and this worked out real nice for security and fire safety. I would think they would sell easy for a purpose like this if not scrap would sure pay something.

Happy Trails

[Curtis]

Well if you were sure about the end coming in 2012 and the chaos that will come with it...those doors might work well for a bunker made of concrete hidden in the woods...

[boogeyman]

Does anybody out there know of a market for the two vault doors?

This is a little late but.... Call some of the locksmiths that are safe dealers. #2 call some of the antique dealers, they might have a list of decorators that might be interested. #3 Make contact with some of the movie studios prop departments.

[Connecticut Danny]

How come the bank open all the boxes before they sold the building?

[boogeyman]

I might be mistaken, but my understanding is that all the stuff in safety deposit boxes and accounts that aren't claimed are turned over to the state comtroller. I got back $1.83 from a savings account I forgot about years ago.

BTW If you get a call from people wanting money to give you information on money that was found and is yours don't fall for it. You can go to most state controllers web sites and check for yourself to see if they're holding money or valuables for you or passed away relatives without paying a commission or finders fee.

[Produce Guy]

What I found out about these old buildings is under the floors,allot of theses old buildings have a crawl space under them,there's all kinds of stuff under there.

[Connecticut Danny]

Including snakes and rats.

[NGE]

That's why they call them "crawl spaces" all kinds of crawling critters down there ..........NGE

[s.c.shooter]

A buddy of mines father owns his own locksmith business. A while back he bought some boxes from a bank. In one he found a lot of Morgan dollars. SOme people have all the luck!

[NGE]

Now that's a new one on me, how do you buy safe deposit boxes from a bank? How is the sale advertised? Or is it a secret thing? C'mon, we want to know more...........NGE