Not everyone has your size of holdings or the money for the size safes you so proudly own.

Boy it takes all kinds to make a world. I had to read my post again to see if I had missed something. I don't particually like being redundant but I will briefly repeat myself. The pipes are for junk, common, culled, cleaned, unsightly, nicked, no date . Bullion and junk silver is not something I need to dig up and look at. But I did go on to say that I would not hesitate to put any coin I own or any coin I have seen here (at the registry) in the container and KNOW that it was safe from the elements and theives. I have a safe from the 40's that weighs close to a thousand pounds empty and all I feel safe having in it for any length of time is two rolls of state quarters, Sac. and Prezzie dollars that I have save since the late 90's. These alone bump the load up another 3-400 lbs. I do go to the bank from time to time and bring home a few things and they reside there 'til my next trip to the bank when they go back and a few more come home 'cause I do like to look at my coins too. But you know, this safe is bolted to the concrete floor with four 10 inch by 3/4 inch stainless steel lag bolts inside a closet that has been framed up with only a 30 inch wide door and the safe is 39 inches wide and 45 inches tall. The door is a solid core door with top of the line solid brass Yale double cylynder deadbolts (2). And the bottom line is, anything made by man can be overcome by man and if I were given the time, there are very few safes outside the banks that I couldn't make it into if I was given an hour or so. I am not saying this to brag, it's just fact. Safes are not that safe if the theif has the time. But I would just love to be a fly on the wall if someone was ever to get into mine. To say they would be dissappointed would be the understatement of the year. My last comment on safes are this: If it can be picked up by two or three BIG boys or less, don't even have it in your house, 'cause if more than the people you can count on one hand know about it, it won't be there (in your house) very long. And you can take that to the bank. You are just making it easy for the bad guys by having all your "goodies" in one place.

In paragraph (3) I clearly state I LIKE TO LOOK AT MY COINS TOO MUCH TO HAVE THEM PUT AWAY LIKE THAT. (as in PVC pipes) These pipes, coin tubes or whatever you imagine these storage containers look like are simple, cheap, easy, effective avenues of storage for the little guy who does not have the funds for big safes anchored with titanium aircraft screws or the funds for safe deposit boxes or the funds for insurance premiums and the like. Why hell, he or she may not have any junk silver. He may have only a few silver dollars and a few silver eagles and a handful of indian head cents.And he or she may like to look at his or her coins every day and so this idea don't mean squat. But I am certain that the way I described the process he or she would know exactly what to do if they were buried and later wanted to gaze apon the contents. But for the record I will try to make it very clear. In the event you want to look at that which was buried you would (1) Dig it up (2) Wash it off (the pipe) (3) Dry it off (the pipe) (4) Hand saw or power saw the end cap off, first making sure the contents are settled into the bottom half. (of the pipe) (5) Look at them 'til ya pass out if ya want to. (6) Then throw the pipe as far as you can throw it 'cause if you need to look at them (the contents) then you wasted your time and your money to have buried them in the first place.

I almost didn't write this reply and I thought I made myself clear the first time but alas it was not to be. And to close with a quote from one of my favorite old movies, "What we have here, is a failure to communicate". "Some people you just can't reach". COOL HAND LUKE... This will be my last comment on what I only wanted to do was give people an alternative to store their junk that they DON'T want to look at. WKF