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Hoping your painful patience rewards you with wonderful news that the safe did its job perfectly, and you can put the anxiety behind you. One step at a time.
If it was as hurky as you said and built to be fireproof -- should turn, albeit some grit could make it stiff to turn. Hopefully fire not too hot to heat interior too much. Cheering you on!
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I for one am glad you finally made it back to your property.
If the safe was upright when you left I wonder what happened to tip it over on its side?
Assuming that the safe has remained untouched since you left it the only things that would damage the door and or the locking mechanism would be heat from the fire, water from the rain, water or chemicals from any fire fighters on scene or the contents inside the safe reacting to the heat.
I suspect the safe did not easily open with the combination and a turn of the handle. Hopefully I am wrong.
Also I hope the contents of the safe are undamaged.
I can't imagine anyone could open that beast aside from a locksmith. You're joshing...
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Those warped boxes were my biggest fear all along! Hopefully they can all be reholdered. I've seen ads showing pictures of melted slabs and the coins were just fine inside. I certainly hope that is the case here!
Call PCGS and see if they would be willing to remove the coins and reslab them (free of course for the good TV and news coverage that they can get).
So glad to see them not in a puddle.
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I'm hoping that the slabs actually were able to protect to some degree, and that perhaps the nickel was more resistant to the heat than a 90% silver coin.
Fortunately plastic's melt point is WAY lower than most metals. A mess but salvageable. Looks like the pistola fared good, will ride another day
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Yes I do have puddle of silver from the other safe. Here are some items that were in my good safe in a cigar box. I haven’t the slightest idea to do about this mess. These are, were, some nice coins I was going to submit.
The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
I put all of what’s left here in a safe place and will deal with it later. I’m gonna take it easy for the night. It’s been a long stressful day with not the greatest ending but I am thankful it’s back to it’s rightful owner.
Thanks to all for the support I’ve received throughout this whole nightmare.
Joe
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So sorry about the 2nd safe. Puddle of silver...oh my...
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Great hearing from you, Joe. I hope everything is as good as it can possibly be in your safe.
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Cheering for you!
Best of luck.
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Hoping your painful patience rewards you with wonderful news that the safe did its job perfectly, and you can put the anxiety behind you. One step at a time.
Any guesses on how this turns out?
Hmmm. Still upright. I guess that’s good. Couldn’t open it I suspect. If so, that means nobody else could either.
Probably an emotional day being back there. Best wishes. We’re all dying to hear how it turns out.
Edited to add:
Looking more closely looks like it was on its side. Did you retrieve it or move it??
Wonder what happened to the blocks that were surrounding it? Looks like it was messed with but I dunno.
I'm speechless...and that never happens.
The suspense is killing me!!!
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I’ve been thinking and hoping for a good outcome everyday since this happened to you. I really hope things inside that safe are intact.
Let’s start here.
Let’s hear from the folks that thinks I was able to spin the dial and the safe just opened on it own with no persuasive measures.
Was not upright. We had to muscle the heavy thing to the upright position to allow the tumblers to drop IF the dial turned.
I am confident you are able to open it
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Barely a mark on it
I hope it opened and everything is in good shape.
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Ya got it open
If it was as hurky as you said and built to be fireproof -- should turn, albeit some grit could make it stiff to turn. Hopefully fire not too hot to heat interior too much. Cheering you on!
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I for one am glad you finally made it back to your property.
If the safe was upright when you left I wonder what happened to tip it over on its side?
Assuming that the safe has remained untouched since you left it the only things that would damage the door and or the locking mechanism would be heat from the fire, water from the rain, water or chemicals from any fire fighters on scene or the contents inside the safe reacting to the heat.
I suspect the safe did not easily open with the combination and a turn of the handle. Hopefully I am wrong.
Also I hope the contents of the safe are undamaged.
Joe. Tell me you emptyed it befor you took that picture
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Uhh, I'm not sure if that pic is good or bad news. I hope all your stuff survived intact and it's loaded up in your car.
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Best of luck and Wishing you All Well.
This is killing me. I will go to bed now and hope for the best tomorrow.
Although this safe is rated up to 2000 degrees I have my problems. All of these separate boxes came out in one group, along with my Kimber.
I can't imagine anyone could open that beast aside from a locksmith. You're joshing...
Well crud, hopefully the coins are ok. Better than an empty safe like I initially thought.
It took more than several attempts but it finally opened on its own.
Those warped boxes were my biggest fear all along! Hopefully they can all be reholdered. I've seen ads showing pictures of melted slabs and the coins were just fine inside. I certainly hope that is the case here!
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Call PCGS and see if they would be willing to remove the coins and reslab them (free of course for the good TV and news coverage that they can get).
So glad to see them not in a puddle.
bob
Looks like the holders sort of at least did their job.
Thankfully the contents of the safe remained inside it. I hope all of the contents of the safe are intact and that you did not lose anything of value.
As for the slabbed coins, if the were not damaged they can be reholdered. I would chip in to cover some of the cost to reholder your coins.
The question is whether the heat caused damage to any of your coins in the slabs.
Unreal..............
Ugh.....
I'm hoping that the slabs actually were able to protect to some degree, and that perhaps the nickel was more resistant to the heat than a 90% silver coin.
I'm so sorry but still hopeful.
John
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Do not trust anything you care about to one of these types safes.
Everything in this safe was a total loss.
WHEW !!
Fortunately plastic's melt point is WAY lower than most metals. A mess but salvageable. Looks like the pistola fared good, will ride another day
Yes I do have puddle of silver from the other safe. Here are some items that were in my good safe in a cigar box. I haven’t the slightest idea to do about this mess. These are, were, some nice coins I was going to submit.
Oh God, Joe. I'm so sorry!
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glad you got the stuff - I think 200 degrees for 30 minutes would melt that plastic - fireproof safe but not heat proof.
conservation service?
I put all of what’s left here in a safe place and will deal with it later. I’m gonna take it easy for the night. It’s been a long stressful day with not the greatest ending but I am thankful it’s back to it’s rightful owner.
Thanks to all for the support I’ve received throughout this whole nightmare.
Joe
So sorry about the 2nd safe. Puddle of silver...oh my...
Get some rest, Joe. Had to be an emotional day.