Another Burying Question

[Sunshine]

First let me say, sorry for not posting in a few weeks. I've been away from the internet.

Ok so a friend of mine has been purchasing gold and silver. He has decided to bury some of it on his property. The property is 70+ acres. What should he bury it in? What are ya'll's thoughts on 6 gallon buckets with GOOD lids? What about 55 gallon drums? (He is leaning more towards buckets) How long will these last in the ground? Will moisture get in? How can he prevent moisture? I know several of you have buried your goods. So fill me in on what you've learned. What works and what doesn't work?

Thanks for your input.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

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[1Admin]

2" PVC pipe with glued on end caps would probably work great for coins.

[Klingon]

Good golly! Your friend is deeply blessed if he needs a 6 gallon bucket (let alone 55) to hold PMs! Nice problem to have. I'd use ammo cans painted with some type of rust proof and buried deep with a mylar shroud draped over it. And maybe consider the edge of or just off of the 70 acres, or split it up in multiple locations. I put some in a hidey-hole on public land where nobody will ever think to look.

[All Talk]

If he needs 6 gallon buckets, it's time to build a fotress (although if most of it's silver, then maybe it does take up some space)

The smaller the container, the easier to dig the hole (a post-hole auger would work for the the PVC tube(s) approach) and the less tell-tale disturbance around the hole.

I also agree in spreading it to multiple spots. Center of property "feels safer" , but then that would be obvious, right?

I also believe in the the discoverable secret. Suggest he bury a small mason jar with junk silver (maybe even a couple of silver spoons, a gold wedding band, what have you), pretty shallow and in his back yard. Someone (or some authority) with a metal detector finds it, and takes it/scolds him.
Also a good reason to hide your guns except for a 22 revolver in poor condition, which only looks like it has been hidden.

Another trick is to scatter caches of nails, washers, etc around property (make them seem like long ago "spillage" so that searchers with detectors give up or are at least delayed. Bury these a couple to 12 inches deep, varied.

[miked2345]

Use a 5 gal. bucket and lid with a seal... put in some gold, some silver, then some rice and beans in mylar bags..... just in case he finds out that he can't eat gold and silver. :cool:

[Sunshine]

Thanks for everyones responces. He has decided to use buckets. It should take 6 (maybe 7) 6-gallon buckets. He will be burying them in different locations on his property. If anyone else has anymore input, we're open to suggestions.
@miked2345 you sound like me: can't eat gold and silver. He's new to prepping and has just started his food storage. But like most men, he thought of guns/ammo and gold/silver first. As a woman, my first thoughts were food and water. Anyway you begin your prepping is better than not prepping at all.

[BAK]

Gold and silver are non reactive metals. That is the reason we still keep finding buried treasures from a thousand years ago. You don't need to worry about rust or anything like that. I'd go with the ammo box suggestion only for the sake of keeping them all together since plastic might break if something heavy drives on top. Also I completely agree with other suggestions like scattering nails and burying junk silver on top.

[miked2345]

another thought... I hope he's not in an area prone to flooding!! Granted, buried deep enough, a flood might not dis-lodge them, but he might not be able to retrive them for a long time either!

The best thing to do.... let us all go out to the burial area, look it over, and let him know what we think of it. :cool: