My new security system
Dollarhunter
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Actually I am looking at some safe options for some of the items I keep around the house. What would you suggest ? 0
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Or, you could just buy the tank.
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Second off, realize that more than one enemy exists out there and you cannot protect yourself against all of them with absolute certainty.
Burglary is a biggie but unless you have a 1,000 lb safe, they'll just walk out with it!
A gun is good but the circumstances must be right for it to do any good at all! Unless you're home 24/7 with that thing over your shoulder or strapped to your hip it won't really protect your valuables. Heck, it might even get stolen as well.
Fire is another biggie. Hard to protect against this ravager.
Flood can ruin your collection and your prized possessions.
The only thing I can think of to reasonably safeguard your collection is a good Safety Deposit Box. It minimizes burglary, is more than likely completely safe in regard to fire and unless your bank is in a known flood plain, you pretty much protected against flooding.
Some good advice would be to get yourself a good safe to act only as a transition location from home to SDB. Certainly no guarantees but the system can minimize loss. Perhaps a firesafe with good silica-gel or dessicants to minimize water damage during storage shoud be considered.
As with anything in life, there just are no guarantees, only percentages. The best you can do is to insure what you have and take the best precautions available.
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<< <i>I agree with all that has been posted here... The #1 being a closed mouth. >>
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Heh. Seems like I've heard that before.
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Fred, Las Vegas, NV
<< <i>You might want to try a non-fireproof safe. I've heard that the "insulation" lining the safe is often wet shredded paper sealed in plastic, which of course gives off moisture and quickly wrecks your coins. They have ones with dry insulation but I think they are big money. >>
This is not the case with the fire proof Fort Knox product. I have very little humidity. I bought a desicant system for it and it only needs to be recharged(not replaced,plug in for 1 hour) about every two months. I also really don't like SDB and want to have my stuff around when I want it.
Fred, Las Vegas, NV
This could be a fictionalized argument but certainly not out of the realm of possibility which is one reason I rely on SDB's and some good scans of my collectibles. The only real reason to remove them from the SDB would be if they were for sale. Other than that, they just sit tight in the safety of their Federally protected tombs. I don't have a separation anxiety problem with it.
I do have a problem with keeping valuables in the house though and constantly worry that the unexpected would happen.
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Original 16th-century iron treasure chest. This type of chest is popularly known as an "armada chest," which is misleading because these chests were generally too heavy and cumbersome to take aboard ships (but read on…). More appropriately these chests are also referred to as "Nuremburg chests" for the fact that they were manufactured in Germany in the late 1500s and early 1600s. Somehow the chests became associated with Spain more than anywhere else, probably because Spain (which called a chest like this an "arcón") was the conduit for many thousands of chestfuls of treasure in the 16th and 17th centuries, giving rise to the Victorian notion that these chests were brought over on the Spanish Armada of 1588. This specific chest, in fact, was carried to America long ago by Irish immigrants who believed it had come to their family from an Armada shipwreck off the Irish shore. While I cannot prove or disprove this provenance, it seems far more likely that the chest was simply purchased in the 1500s and used to hold treasure in a castle or manor house in Ireland or England. The condition of the chest, in any case, is incredible: fully operational locking mechanism consisting of 12 deadbolt "dogs" thrown by one key in the top as well as a simpler lock in the top of an interior compartment on the left side (both keys present), false lock in front, swinging bar inside to hold the lid up, rounded handles at each end and two loops in front latched to the top for securing a bar, faded and dusty exterior (straps and rivets design) with what looks like the original olive-green paint on the outside, red on the inside, rusty along the bottom 2" or so but otherwise very solid and heavy (over 200 pounds?), about 30" x 18" x 18". The previous owners cleverly crafted a glass top with a hole for the key so that the chest may be used as a coffee table—and what a conversation piece! Also accompanying the chest (along with some other research materials) is a slightly tattered copy of the December, 1928, issue of International Studio magazine, containing an article that pictures a nearly identical chest with the caption of "Spanish Sea-Chest." (Too heavy and bulky for normal shipping methods.)
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Nice clustering there -- I think your sight may need a minor adjustment.
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