Found a Stolen Safe

[sniffer]

Derby digger and I were out on saturday, checking out a new site, when we came across this safe.
I checked with the local PD, they seem to think it was from the original town of clear water, ks, which dates from 1874, but I don't think this safe is that old, it has concrete in the door and ball bearing drawer slides

 

[seger98]

Most interesting find, I'd been metal detecting in 50 yard radius around it!

 

[Lowbatts]

If the door was blown open it would have scatered change in area in the direction it was facing.

So run around it in circles until you find a coin, then run back and forth in the direction, away from the safe, that the coin was found lying in. Then holler like a madman and cluck like a hen.

Keep in mind you should be carrying your metal detector and swinging it like a samurai sword also.

Don't forget to take pics!

 

[ivan salis]

when one wants to find the treasures of a thief or robber one must have the mind set or "think like one" -- if you robbed a safe and wanted to crack it -- what out of the way remote place would you take it to locally to "work" on it ?

as folks say if it was blown open the explosion should have scattered coinage in front of it -- and if its old as it looks -- all dimes and quarters will be 90% SILVER ---depending on how old it was -- buffalo nickles? / indain head cents?/ or at the very least wheat cents . yeh --its a tough job but some ones gotta do it.

 

[sniffer]

I'm going to go back to do some more searching and digging
I'm pretty sure it was chiseled open, the front of the door was peeled open like a can
I'll get more pictures

Sniffer

 

[warsawdaddy]

Hope this is not a double posts,it said it timed out before it was submitted??

Keep in mind that a lot of safes incorporated a 'secret' drawer.Usually in the bottom but not always.Has it been overlooked?

 

[Ramitt]

what a cool thing to find. Would love to know the history of this.

 

[Cynangyl]

I'm going to go back to do some more searching and digging
I'm pretty sure it was chiseled open, the front of the door was peeled open like a can
I'll get more pictures

Sniffer

Well hurry up about it, would ya?? We wanna know what you find!!

 

[Ted Mac]

Hmmmmmmm, you just happen to stumble upon a stolen safe? Where were you on the night of Aug 15th 1965? Huh hmmm huh? lol

 

[sniffer]

still sucking on a bottle in Mn LOL
WSD, didn't know about a secret drawer, I think I better go back today

 

[deathhare]

I came across this one in Stewart Co. Tennessee.

 

[sniffer]

that ones actually has some decoration on it, and it sitting upright.
it took almost everything I had to lift the door up on it

 

[allen]

fix it up and use it as a conversational piece...

 

[Kiros32]

Jumping aboard so I can check the updates. Load that sucker up and post it on ebay as "FOUND: Safe Stolen by the James-Younger Gang, circa 1870" You are bound to make millions from the loonies on ebay

 

[pookie-princess of rust]

wow. keep us posted on what you find

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Derby digger and I were out on saturday, checking out a new site, when we came across this safe.
I checked with the local PD, they seem to think it was from the original town of clear water, ks, which dates from 1874, but I don't think this safe is that old, it has concrete in the door and ball bearing drawer slides

mmmmmm too bad all those shelves in it, make a nice gun cabinet cleaned up

what else you find

 

[boogeyman]

Appears the front was peeled. A common way to open safes when you don't have time to crack or drill them. Newer safes are next to impossible to peel the front. A crook that knows will try to peel or chop out the back or bottom. The new trend is to use a hog saw & cut out a square to access the stuff inside.

From the looks of it, I'd be working my way back up stream. You never know

 

[trey525]

man yall seem to find safes all over the place hell i cant find a button or dime most of the time seems like...lol lol i know if i was you i wouldnt tell anyone exactly where it was and as soon as i could id go back with my machine and detect all over the place around it and see if there were any nice coins inside that were dropped on the ground which ever coins you find the most of use that as a way to date the safe atleast that will give you a time frame on the safe

trey

 

[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

WTG on the find sniffer, looking forward to the update..gregg

 

[RelicHunterSantise]

Interesting find none the less.

 

[sniffer]

I went back today, did some digging. got down about a 12 - 16 inches, started finding chunks of concrete.
I'm hoping something fell between the concrete chunks while they were peeling it open
Had to leave early though, rain was moving in, as I was leaving, I saw this rainbow, when I got home found this on the yard.