As such, we thought it would be useful to combine a reader list of great hiding places for your gold and silver with some ideas from The Doc.
We'll start the list off with 10 hiding places, and we encourage readers to post their ideas as well.
(please post your ideas anonymously or using a non-identifiable avatar as this is a public website)
The best hiding spot is secrecy. Don't tell anyone that you own gold or silver.
The second best hiding spot is good deterrence. Use an excellent alarm system, always keep your doors and windows locked, get a dog (a REAL dog, not a purse dog), keep lights on and make it look like you are always home, etc.
We also recommend having several different hiding spots for your precious metals. That way if a thief finds one of your spots they won't have your whole stash, and also if the thief puts a gun to your head and demands your gold/silver, you might be able to give him one of your smaller stashes, convince him that's all you have, and save the rest.
The Doc's 10 Hiding Spots for Gold and Silver
1. Dig a hole 3-4 feet deep and bury your stash. Fill the dirt back in, and at 1-2 feet deep, bury a few miscellaneous items. That way if a metal detector is used, most likely the thief will stop/give up after digging up the items closer to the surface.
2. Underneath trash/ recycle bins in kitchen
3. Behind insulation in attic
4. Spray paint a silver bar gray or black, and leave it in the open as a door stop
5. Hide your silver/gold in a place that would already set off a metal detector.
6. Bury the coins in the bottom of the pot of your balcony/ porch plants
7. Empty out a tube of orange juice concentrate, fill will silver/gold rounds, pour orange juice back in, and place in freezer
8. Open up a half-used can of paint. Take a ziplock bag, place your coins in the bag, and push all the air out. Put the ziplock back inside a second ziplock bag, then submerge in the half-used paint can, and reseal the top.
The metal of the paint can will foil metal detectors, and no thief is likely to steal used paint cans sitting in your garage or basement. (Be sure to inform your spouse to prevent a costly "spring cleaning" when she empties the garage/basement)
9. Use a decoy safe and fill with $100-$200 in cash, and petty jewelry. Make sure the safe is easily found, and always leave the key "accidentally" in it. Leave some cash in other common places as well such as drawers, etc.
10. Inside stuffed animals in your kid's room. Most people will not keep/store any valuables in young children's rooms, and they are also often very messy (meaning no quick in and out for the thief) so thieves tend to typically avoid them.
The important thing is to think like a thief. A thief's main goal is to steal as much as possible, and leave your home as fast as possible.
Again, we're sure our readers have much better and many more suggestions than we have!
Good luck, and good hiding!
17 comments:
love the paint can idea!
A Friends Mom hides it in an old Vacuum Cleaner
You got to love this one! '4. Spray paint a silver bar gray or black, and leave it in the open as a door stop.' LOL!!!
I actually saw a mate using a lbma good delivery bar as a doorstop.. Showing off but still quality.
as always, top notch quality post, and best facebook group I've ever been involved with.
I'm a regular now. And I just subscribed to your blog's RSS feed. Thanks doc.
http://youtu.be/p3v-APB76kE
how to make a homemade safe..(VERY EASY!!!)
Couldnt watch it over the loud music!
I keep a peanut butter jar safe on my boat. I bought it from some online outfit that sells stuff like that. It looks real enough, and since the most likely thieves would be corrupt port authority officials who inspect my boat upon arrival in a new country, I'm not worried about them noticing the strange brand name on the jar, since they don't read much English, and, don't know our brands, anyway.
Doc said, "The best hiding spot is secrecy. Don't tell anyone that you own gold or silver.".
This is not meant to be a criticism of the Doc or anyone else as I believe the statement above is very good advice. I just wonder how everyone manages to spread the word regarding the coming SHTF and the need to convert fiat to PM's without implying that you have the stuff?
I'm sure that most, like myself, only try to convert close friends or family. I'd never talk to strangers about it except in a semi-anonymous setting like this.
I don't have much, but talk about it all the time because of its underlying importance in world currency.
I pity the poor fool that comes here thinking he will get rich. (Fenced yard with large doberman, trained martial arts 30 years, well armed).
Store your Silver with JP Morgan they'll keep it nice and safe.
Hey Kirk, Bad Idea, because in bad situations, people steal food off of boats. Happened in the Dominican Republic!
This is not can be a criticism with the File or other people when i feel the actual affirmation previously mentioned is very good assistance. I recently question precisely how everybody manages to distributed the word regarding the on its way SHTF and the need to turn fiat to be able to PM's with out implying you have your goods?
Its funny but I think a very good idea. I always want to try it. lol
gold parties
A lot of options can be chosen. I tend to keep it on a more common place.
Take an old TV, buy one at salvation army, crack the screen and one side so it is obviously badly broken, then open the back, place PM's inside then screw it back TIGHTLY. Leave it on the floor in the garage in plain sight. Allow it to get dusty. When they see the cracked screen no one will touch it.
I also use the old vacuum bag trick.
You can fill an old plastic trash container with pop cans and place PMs on the bottom. Allow spiders and bugs to make it less inviting.
Remember if it's hard & time consuming for you to get to, it's a great hiding place, think time value. Digging thru a ton of old clothes will turn off any guy!
Under the refrig in that yucky water tray.
Wrap in the hot water heater blanket. Tie PM's wrapped in duct tape to a string and tape the string to the back of the water heater for easy removal, make sure they can't see the string.
Place in a bag of disposable diapers in full view.
Hide single pieces of gold, {in plastic casing} in a jar of vaseline or cold cream like Noxzema.
Open a female pad, place gold on adhesive side, then reseal pad and place on bottom of the box of pads in bathroom cabinet.
Duct taped under an old car in the garage. Then spray paint it black.
Cathedral ceiling with a ceiling fan, climb up and tape gold pieces to the top of motor. Who the heck would go there?
Have many stashes & never a lot of PM's in one place!
Never store PM's in your bedroom or on a bookshelf!! It's the first two places they look.
Distraction is always good. Buy some cheap synthetic rubies on E Bay, concoct appraisal documents showing them as naturals, and keep where they can be easily found. The deception is only targeted at thieves, of course.
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