YOU JUST NEVER KNOW

gxray

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I found this in an old building many yrs ago and the curiosity has haunted me ever since. I won't go into detail as to the who, where and when , but I have permission to salvage from this place. I went there again today to plan my strategy. I found one last yr and was VERY VERY pleasantly surprised with its contents.
Wish me luck ...Updates coming soon.

Thanx for looking and HH y'all

UPDATE: well it's been about 3 yrs since I initially posted this. I checked on the safe about every 4-6 months since, just to make sure it hadn't been disturbed or opened. Originally I was going to open it with a torch but there were inherent risks with that idea. Well this past weekend I revisited the site armed with a cordless drill,4 batteries and a scope cam. Much to my dismay,when I arrived at the site, all I saw was a mountain of bricks and rubble. The building
has been torn down and no evidence of the safe anywhere. Unfortunately, due to my procrastination, We will NEVER KNOW What was inside.
 

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Blow Torch.....No wait........a good lock pick.....hold on.....just pull on the handle! :tongue3: Good luck.. jgas
 

You really know how to get to a fella don't you?

Can't wait until we find out what is or isn't inside it!

Don't wait too long, we are dying to know! (At least I am!)

Good Luck!

Bob
 

Heck you're too late. I cleaned that one out about 5 years ago :laughing9: Actually that's really cool. Be sure to lets us know what you find. If I had been the one to open it it would have been full of dog food or something. :'(
 

Didn't Geraldo do that safe on TV? :laughing7:
 

Geesh, at least get her open before teasing us :laughing7:

So what did you find in the one from last year?

I would think a cool old safe like that would be worth some $$$ if you could restore it, is it possible to have a lock smith open it and replace the locks without destroying it. Then bead blast it, repaint it, and sell it.

At any rate, GET THAT SUCKER OPEN :whip2:
 

vayank54 said:
Heck you're too late. I cleaned that one out about 5 years ago :laughing9: Actually that's really cool. Be sure to lets us know what you find. If I had been the one to open it it would have been full of dog food or something. :'(

Yeah. With my luck, it would have been the "or something" for me. :D

Opener up and take some pics. :icon_scratch:
 

cool. I am surprised nobody has ever tried getting into it somehow.
 

boy o boy you got my blood pumping, i have a torch and a pick when you want me over...........lol

HH

PTM
 

Can you say "Capone's Vault"?

Seriously, I hope you find something worthwhile and let us share in your excitement!
Keep us in the loop!
 

A couple had just bought a house and found a safe much like the one in the picture. As so, took it to an unon as they moved in they held sort of a house warming party. After the new homeowner and his buddies drank a case or so of beverages they decided they were going to open the safe. Out came the sledge hammers and pry bars. After a couple of hours they were finally sucessful in getting the door open. This is where I came into the picture, I am the local fire chief and we got a call for some type of possible explosives. Upon a quick examination we realized they had 20 year old dynamite that was leaking inside the safe. Well long story short the bomb squad came out from a local military base, removed all of the dynamite, to it to a county park late that evening aan detonated it. It was the BIGGEST BOOM I had ever seen in my life. Only god knows why those guys are still walking the earth today. So im just saying go ahead chip away, inquiring minds want know. ;D
 

hummm a MARVIN eh? -- so 1838 to 1892 vintage because thats the "company" time line *

if you see a sailing ship type oil painting on the doors (or rements of it)--its a 1871 to 1880 vintage one. :wink:

time to "check er" out already
 

not to be a killjoy but... I bet its empty


Chukers
 

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