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  • throw in a box and hide

    26 25.74%
  • in the ground (cached)

    0 0%
  • in a small safe

    15 14.85%
  • in a large safe

    15 14.85%
  • in a safe deposit box

    4 3.96%
  • oh do people really hide this stuff?

    41 40.59%
Results 1 to 12 of 12
  1. #1

    Apr 2004
    700
    1 times

    Poll // Where do you place your valuable finds???

    Where do you place your valuable finds Where do you think is the best place to put your valuables? Any opinions?
    My answer - in a safe deposit box. I now know 5 people who have been cleaned out of their collection. It is a very sickening feeling.
    But think about it - are your best finds safe from theft?
    How about water damage and fire damage?
    Give us your thoughts or experience with this subject.

    or at the very least - think about it. You guys who like post pictures of your guns - they don't do much good when you are out metal detecting or away.
    Many robberies happen in broad daylight today while everyone is out working. Don't think it's a after dark only event. We're long past the
    time that this used to be true.

    'Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.'

  2. #2
    us
    May 2007
    Southeast Missouri
    E-trac, Explorer II, Xterra30, Whites Prizm IV
    4,915
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    Re: Poll // Where do you place your valuable finds???

    I keep mine in my bra. No wait I don't wear them. :-)

    Actually I have two fireproof boxes that all my zinc and clad go in. Got them as wedding gifts. I feel sorry for any fool that would come here and rob me since I don't have anything worth taking.

    Do have a safe deposit at the bank that I haven't been too in 5 years. They just called today to remind me I had it.
    "It isn't the age, it's the mileage" IJ

  3. #3
    Charter Member

    May 2005
    7,230
    13 times

    Re: Poll // Where do you place your valuable finds???

    I bury mine out in the peach grove, third
    tree from the corner fence post off the
    main road.

    Don't tell anyone.

    have a good un.....
    SHERMANVILLE
    In the academies many books, at the circus many sacks of peanuts, at the club rooms many cigar butts.

  4. #4

    Jun 2007
    THE EMPIRE STATE
    ACE 250,Whites prism2
    952

    Re: Poll // Where do you place your valuable finds???

    I will never tell
    I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realized that I had dug my own grave.
    Author: Sir John Denham

  5. #5
    us
    Aug 2005
    NH
    2,302

    Re: Poll // Where do you place your valuable finds???

    Quote Originally Posted by SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS
    I bury mine out in the peach grove, third
    tree from the corner fence post off the
    main road.
    No sir; you moved it last year.
    Don't you remember :P
    You've rented me the peach tree.
    sheeeeeeeeeesh!
    When you get into a tight place and everything goes against
    you till it seems you could not hold on a minute longer,
    never give up then for that is just the place and time that
    the tide will turn.

    Harriet Beecher Stowe

  6. #6
    us
    Oct 2005
    Northern, Michigan
    whatever
    6,611
    30 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: Poll // Where do you place your valuable finds???

    The deposit box is the best plan for really valuable stuff.

    Most of us want to enjoy our treasures so we keep them at home. Telling others is dangerous but it's going to happen anyway.

    Get your valuable finds insured and try not to publicize them too much if they're not protected.

    I'm having steel display cases with very thick plexiglas made for my rare and ancient relics. These will be bolted to the walls with burglar alarm systems connected.

    I keep my finds in our office, not at home. If someone attempted to rob us, nobody at the office could open the cases due to the fact they're welded and sealed. One couldn't break the plexiglas because it will be too thick and set up against a solid background. One would have to tear a wall down in order to remove a case.

    By the time some thief got a display case off the wall there would be about 20 cops at the location.

    Steel angle iron frame (with steel backing), thick Plexiglas, paint and bolts, can make a mighty safe display case for valuable relics.

    Badger



    "Everything is an anomaly" Michigan Badger

  7. #7
    us
    oldhermit34

    Jun 2007
    columbus, ohio
    whites prizm 50
    208

    Re: Poll // Where do you place your valuable finds???

    In a safe.

  8. #8
    us
    Apr 2007
    Oakland Tennessee
    Minelab Explorer SE Pro / Minelab Excalibur II
    142

    Re: Poll // Where do you place your valuable finds???

    In a 700# safe.... lead anchored to the foundation..... hinges on the inside.....
    Minelab Explorer SE Pro
    Sun-Ray X-1 Probe
    Minelab Excalibur II 1000
    Garrett Master Hunter 5 , 4.5" & 8"

  9. #9
    us
    Feb 2007
    United States
    796
    1 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: Poll // Where do you place your valuable finds???

    In a small safe

  10. #10
    us
    Jun 2009
    Bolivar, Ohio
    Minelab E-trac
    189

    Re: Poll // Where do you place your valuable finds???

    I suppose if I ever find anything really crazy valuable, it would be in safe or deposit box. But as for Mercs and thing like that.....I think they need displayed. I am in the process right now of building a display case that is pretty much burgler proof. Part of the structure so to speak.

    It would take more effort to get at it than what will be in it is worth. I hate to hide my finds, they were too much work to get.

    Like I said, if my collection included a bunch of 1916d Mercs, or something like that.......it would be a different story.

    Tim
    "Get your coil on the soil"!

  11. #11
    us
    Ann of RonandAnn left to venture TNet on her own as LadyDigger!

    Jun 2006
    Virginia Beach
    Minelab Exp II
    2,092
    1 times
    Honorable Mentions (1)

    Re: Poll // Where do you place your valuable finds???

    In one of the many rooms in a house located on a street in a city of which is located in one of the 50 states.

    I would have done that peach tree, but when I went to dig my hole to bury my stuff, I saw that someone was already using that hole, so I had to cover it back up (sorry Mr. Shermanville...and I hope that the curse you left on the note really won't come true!)

    Now seriously, if I had anything of real value, do you really think I would post it on here?

    Besides, my best treasures are ages 24, 14, and 12! (and God Help the fool that even tried to take them away from me!)
    Ron - Professional Printer, Fishing, Diving, Asst Scoutmaster Troop 65
    Proud parent of 1 daughter and 2 sons!!!

  12. #12
    Charter Member
    us
    Dec 2009
    New Jersey
    Compass XP-Pro, Minelab Excalibur II, Minelab GT,Fischer 1210X
    511
    18 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: Poll // Where do you place your valuable finds???

    The gold get's thrown in a 3lb plastic bucket the silver goes in 5gal bucket. The good stuff is stolen as soon as I show her!

 

 

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