Taking gold and silver on the plane

IM sure you can but I just wana make sure im moving to melbourne and have 3kg of silver, can I take that on board with me? I know on some flights you only have 7kg limit thats cool. Im new to the game of stacking and I was tempted to sell a kilo to help fund my move and to buy a small fridge but opted not to, ill make do for the time being.

thanks ..

 

3 kilos is small enough to put in your pockets.

I'm pretty sure the contents of your pockets don't count towards your baggage allowance.

 

u need to empty ur pockets though to go through the scanners etc. i guess i could put everything in a small bag that fits in my pocket

 

Yeah, you'll need to take it out to go through the metal detectors but there aren't any actual restrictions on taking it with you on the plane (its not like its something dangerous like a firearm or a bottle of water )

 

haha yeah bottle water.. Do you think I would need to take it out of the bag. I guess a wallet you don't need to empty that. thanks for the replies as well.

 

wow just tried to fit it all in two pockets in two separate bags. no way that going to happen haha. any ideas?

 

Cargo pants?

 

o yeah.. i don't any though haha, what i might do is have half on me then the other half in my carry on back pack. Does anyone have any experience with checking in a computer? I have a apple 27 inch will be packed in its og box.

 

I suggest putting the bars inside a bag or backpack. Putting 3 chunky metal ingot in your pocket might look suspicious to airport security who knows nothing about PM. The bars may be mistaken as C4 explosives, they kinda have similar shape.

If you got checked, just showed them the bars. No harm in a hunk of metals.

 

even if they do take them off u u just pick them up after u arrive it goes in secure goods i have done it with other things not PMs no big deal just takes a few minutes extra to go & collect them & theres no charge ..well there wasnt a couple of years ago when they wouldnt allow me to carry what they considered dangerous goods hehehehe

 

Personally I'd mail it to myself.

Air security is not rational and there is zero argument.

All you need is some dullard watching the conveyor belt to decide that your metal is a bomb and you'll have a giant inconvenience.

I try to have as little to do as possible with these trainee fascists and just go through smoothly and smiling even if my teeth are clenched.

Airline security is mostly a sheep training exercise and you don't want to look like a practice case for the trainers.

 

Have often come bag from Perth with kilo bars in my carry on. No problems whatsoever when scanned or shown. Safer than mailing.

 

done it several times.

best way is stack the bars in your pockets before weigh in, then do as you see fit after the scanner

the xray guys always pull you up - they just want to make sure you don't have a stash of contraband inside the bar or amongst the coins

they love silver too btw, be nice

 

best to put all metals in a tray before the scanner

they always open your bag

might be inconvenient if there is a dildo in there

 

I've never had problems having it in my carry on and don't think I have ever seen carry on be weighed...

 

or you could just trade it for an ounce or two of gold which will easily slip in a pocket or wallet. Far less fuss.

You can always trade it for Silver again on the other side if you so choose.

 

What about from America to Australia? Say 30x 1oz bars.

 

No worries at all. I do this all the time ... came back from the US quite recently with 3 tubes full of ASEs (so, 60 oz, thx APMEX) just sitting in my carry on backpack. No issues in any of the airports I went through ... they went through the scanner with the rest of the bag without question.

Customs shouldn't care either: for legal tender bullion coins it is completely legitimate to use the face value of the coin as its value, therefore you'll never get close to the duty free limit. And for bars, provided they are 999 fine, they are investment grade and similarly shouldn't attract any tax.

 

Goes to show you how arbitrary and ridiculous the airport security theatre is. I have passed through ORD, DFW, LAX, SYD, BNE and CBR with bullion (some quite a few times) and never been pulled up...maybe just lucky.