I know, so no one has to tell me the old adage that:
Yep, it's a nice quote and a nice sentiment but truth is it is kind of ridiculous. Even if a civil war was raging to protect our rights and you were fighting on the RIGHT side, it still would be good and prudent planning on your part to have something stashed away for you to 'dig up' as a last resort kind of a thing. Thus, I just purchased two more of these:
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I already owned one or more of these before my recent purchase of two more. I can attest that I tested one of them while I was still living in NY to see if they actually worked as promised. So, I buried one in my backyard for about 6 months. I buried one, containing a steel handgun (not stainless), two mags for the pistol, and about 500 rounds of ammo for it, in about December and then unearthed it in about May of the following year (don't hold me to the timeframe but it was at least 3cmonths although I recall 5 months). I was quite happy to find everything was dry and nothing had rusted or otherwise had corroded. In with the pistol and ammo, I had placed a silica gel desiccant can - specifically a Hydrosorbent Dehumidifier 40 Gram Canister - and put the gun into the blue "VCI" bag that came with the can. Everything came out dry and it had been buried in a fairly low spot that was usually wet both during and after the winter and the spring thaw.
Now, I'd like to say I also purchased some canisters to protect rifles, in addition to those to protect the pistols, but damn they were expennsive. They also require being buried vertically and to dig down 48 to 56 inches of so vertically and then another foot or two (the cannisters are quite long to accommodate rifles) is a chore to say the least, and that only if you can find ground soft enough to go down that far. So, I just tested these that will fit many pistols and some ammo. It is a good product as far as I am concerned and maybe one you really should consider under the current administration.
All the best,
Glenn B
^Personally, I'm old and difficult. If they come, I'll do my best to make sure there are fewer to come after y'all.
Remind me not to piss any of you off. I feel like it is too easy for y’all to make a body disappear!
The time for burying guns in the dirt is actually the time to have them on hand.
Speaking of cemeteries, Arise:
As to destructively shifting soil, a cell of sand handles that.
However, something not addressed and difficult to nullify would be airborne Ground Penetrating Radar. Radar defeating countermeasures such as scrap have limited effectiveness and can signal cause for investigation.
Apologies for any unwarranted resurrection.
I buried twi Glock 40s back when this thread started. Went back today and they were still there, along with a Glock 20 and two Glock 29s.
If you bury them deep enough (like the bottom of that canister) and they're not touching, it will be very hard to pick them up with almost any detector.Having been on a few "metal detecting" excursions, I'm running scenarios through my mind.
What really throws off a guy with a decent, recent technology, detector that's getting steel, brass, copper and lead readings in an area that's only providing some rusted nails and a few pennies?
An aluminum can thrown in for good measure.
I was really thinking about some precious metals, but I think I'm talking myself out of it.
With the advent of ground penetrating radar (GPR), it would pay to create several "dummy" containers with enough metal to show up on the GPR. Bury them randomly to frustrate the searchers as time and money are their enemies as well.When and iff you decide to bury metallic valuables, you may also want to consider burying well rusted/corroded junk over varying depths about one to three feet about your valuables. They get a beep from the metal detector and did and find junk at 12 inches. They try again and find junk at 1.5 feet, they do it all gain and find more junk at 3 feet, hopefully they are lazy and likely to stop digging by that point thinking it is all only junk. Think about it if you are going to do it.
Can you not imagine a situation where they'd come to your home and you'd let them take what you have there to save your family, then disappear since you know where you can replace some of your tools?If confiscation starts, the answer is not individuals having hidey-holes. The solution is for patriots to take up their arms and fight the next war of independence and thus free everyone.
I didn't even notice that the posts were from a month ago... a year ago.Speaking of cemeteries, Arise:
As to destructively shifting soil, a cell of sand handles that.
However, something not addressed and difficult to nullify would be airborne Ground Penetrating Radar. Radar defeating countermeasures such as scrap have limited effectiveness and can signal cause for investigation.
Apologies for any unwarranted resurrection.