Book safe??

Hey guys, I just had an idea (although it has probs been discussed already). What if you were to store part of your stack in hollowed out books. Stop laughing, hear me out. If you used a fairly large book (like a Stephen king or Tom Clancy novel) you could store 5-6 tubes of eagles. If you had 5-6 of these book safes dispersed throughout your bookshelves, you could store an entire monster box if you'd like (I'm looking at you Niveka). Now, the obvious downside to this method is its lack of fireproofyness. I'm obviously not advocating that you store your entire stack like this, but perhaps a few tubes of somthing. I have not yet done this myself, but I might soon.

 

Here's a list of places that thieves will look through if they have time: http://forums.silverstackers.com/topic-53915-carefull-when-storing-pm-s-at-home.html

After they've checked the bookshelves, of course :/

 

I have a hollowed out dictionary at work that I use to hide a drinking flask in

 

Spanner has done something like that. All someone has to do is pull each book off the shelf and wait for the goodies to reveal themselves. Would only recommend it for temporary storage.

 

Thieves will knock over books looking for hidden cash and quickly hear something wrong when 20+ozers hit the floor

 

not a good idea. that trick is old and every serious thief will look in fat books.

 

I have a number of expensive, autographed, first editions. I roll them up and hide them in plumbers tubes in the garage.

 

You might consider hiding small gold coins or bars taped into the thinner books. Less conspicuous, less weight, no noise like tubes of silver coins.



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I might be wrong on this but I think if one comes up with a good hiding spot, it should be kept to themselves as I am sure thieves visit these forums and it might give them ideas of where to look in general or target the very person who gives such ideas as they would know they keep their stack at home and the location they keep it at.

 

You can buy them at Bunnings:
http://www.bunnings.com.au/safe-book-sandleford-real-pages-lockable-bs226_p4210605

 

I know someone that keeps a couple of hundred bucks in cash on the counter with a note to thieves saying something like "This is the easiest find you'll ever get, take it and leave". Hence saving the rest is the plan.
Some people seem to think a dummy safe in plain sight is the way to go. Make it a $50 Bunnings job and make a it a token effort to get into or rip off the floor, and put some fake clad bars in it you can buy on bay. They think they will have scored and will leave.

 

My old neighbor did that. Two break-ins (a few years apart) and he only ever lost the cash and some CDs that were laying around.

I think his note said "Quit while you're ahead mate".

 

Like House said here:

 

I have many "Book safes" they are really cheap on ebay. I dont use them as a hidden book with goodies inside then placed in the bookcase but they are much cheaper than petty cash tins.

Throw the keys away as they are all keyed alike lol
Used just like any other container but colour coded and well hidden.

 

If you are concerned about that then leave some real sacrificial stuff in there.
Any stack at home really worth worrying about is going to be worth a lot, so a few 10oz bars and maybe some cash isn't going to matter.

 

You're missing the point :/

 

How?
You argued that putting fake stuff in there would piss then off enough to come back and get you, fair enough. So in response to such a concern I argue to put small amount of real stuff there instead. How are they supposed to know you have more and get pissed off and come back after you?

 

You don't put stuff in the books, you take out a few from the bookshelves and a door to your bat cave opens up.
This is filled with teenage mutant man eating vampire bats.

If you take out the correct few, then the tunnel leading to your bank vault appears.

 

Shrooms or LSD?

 

Good plan, you ever actually tried cutting the box into the books though??

I gave up after about 30 pages