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Would it be worth it to hire a safe cracker, or just buy a new safe for the homestead?
I was helping my father in law yesterday clean out his file room at his law office yesterday, when I spied a nice, classic, old safe sitting on the floor. I don't remember the brand name. The safe was not large, but a decent size, perhaps a little bigger than the size of one of those banker's boxes that you keep files in. The safe was extremely heavy.
I asked my father in law what was in the safe, because I figured it was loaded full with millions of dollars in cash. He replied that he thought it was empty, but was not sure, because he forgot the combination to it years ago.
He said the safe could be mine for the taking, to perhaps keep some of my excessively rare coins in it while temporarily out of the bank safe deposit box. However, I would need to hire a safe cracker (or blow it with some dynamite like Yosimite Sam
, if I wanted to use it.
Does anyone know whether it makes economic sense to try to get someone to crack this safe? Can any old locksmith crack the combination? Or would it just be easier to buy a new safe? I am not even sure how much it costs for a new safe. Any thoughts?
I asked my father in law what was in the safe, because I figured it was loaded full with millions of dollars in cash. He replied that he thought it was empty, but was not sure, because he forgot the combination to it years ago.


Does anyone know whether it makes economic sense to try to get someone to crack this safe? Can any old locksmith crack the combination? Or would it just be easier to buy a new safe? I am not even sure how much it costs for a new safe. Any thoughts?
Always took candy from strangers
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
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I asked him why he hadn't put it in his garage or basement. He just gave me that look like I was dumb for asking and said " Safe Driving"
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I vote safe cracker.
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I vote Plasma Cutter! They're fun.
I think around $150 is the going rate for a Cracker. A new small safe that would be worth buying would cost upwards of 1K or more.
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1. The Longacre back was not built for moving a heavy safe. You are going to need to hire someone to move it, and this will add to the cost of rehabbing it.
2. The contents could be filthy and disgusting, and the Longacre constitution may not be able to stomach what lies within. Factor in a trip to the urgent care in the overall cost.
3. A new fireproof safe, delivered and installed in your home by a specialty company will cost but a fraction of the value of your least valuable coin--say $1000 or so.
1. The Longacre back was not built for moving a heavy safe. You are going to need to hire someone to move it, and this will add to the cost of rehabbing it.
2. The contents could be filthy and disgusting, and the Longacre constitution may not be able to stomach what lies within. Factor in a trip to the urgent care in the overall cost.
3. A new fireproof safe, delivered and installed in your home by a specialty company will cost but a fraction of the value of your least valuable coin--say $1000 or so.
True, but you forgot one important consideration. Can Longacre live with never knowing what was in the safe (if anything)??
<< <i>The Longacre back was not built for moving a heavy safe. >>
So true. My back was hurting just watching the painters at my house yesterday. Longacre is way too genteel to extend a 28' ladder, let alone climb up it.
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
<< <i>I vote for, take the safe but use it as a decoy; that way you don't need the combination. >>
That's a good idea. Put your coins in the Quaker oats container in the pantry (take out the Quaker oats first
Great Idea!!!!
What will you do when a would be robber holds a gun to your head and demands that you open it?
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Hoard the keys.
<< <i>I vote for, take the safe but use it as a decoy; that way you don't need the combination
What will you do when a would be robber holds a gun to your head and demands that you open it? >>
I trust that the Longacre bodyguards will not let things go that far.
Perry
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Tell the robber "only my wife knows the combination."
Coin's for sale/trade.
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<< <i>2. The contents could be filthy and disgusting, and the Longacre constitution may not be able to stomach what lies within. >>
You think there may be porn inside?
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they are great safe company here in the tri state and the official safe supplier at Coinfest
either way you go they will help you out.... I would say they will sell you a new one since most of the older ones are really not that burglar proof
Jon
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What a great loss.
On the bright side, Longacre will continue inspire a new generation dedicated to collecting coins
edited to add:
As for the question... Longacre needs a traditional safe made in the days when safes were safes... used by the titans of the financial sector, not something put together with chemical combinations of inferior materials made overseas that is contributing to the foreign trade deficit.
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<< <i>"What will you do when a would be robber holds a gun to your head and demands that you open it?"
Tell the robber "only my wife knows the combination." >>
I agree with Romeo !
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Just tell the maid, "Stay away from that safe; Don't even dust it!" She'll have it opened
by Friday.
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The reason I post this was once I stripped the years of old paint off. I discovered the original gold letter paint
Awesome piece of history...And dang heavy too..8inch thick walls of concrete and steel...
Ok back to the OP the person who bought it had the dial pad drilled out and the combo reset..He said he couldn't
remember how much it was but that he thought it was pretty reasonable.....does it look like this..If it does and you
don't want it let me know....
At the very least get it opened already.
<< <i>Call the safe manufacturer, there should be a serial number on the back. They may be able to give you a combination to try or send a key. >>
I did have an old sentry safe that I locked the combo inside...
I had to send a letter stating I was the owner. The serial number and it all had to be notarized along with
13 dollars. About 2 weeks later the combo showed up..Now I just tape the combo's to the outside of the safes