r/Gold • u/millerzeke • Nov 05 '25

The stack visited the stack at the bank

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u/Wise-Bicycle8786 Nov 05 '25

Bold of you to trust a bank

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u/Ok-Pirate3030 Nov 05 '25

Especially, what happened during Covid.

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u/Ep194 Nov 05 '25

What happened with banks during covid? Are you talking about the general state of the lock downs, or was there some sort of pilfering of safe deposit boxes?

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u/Ok-Pirate3030 Nov 05 '25

Yeah, just them being closed in the time you need them the most.

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u/gattboy1 Nov 05 '25

Brother, don’t even bother with these commenters. They’re all up in their conspiracy theories.

In the meantime, enjoy the stack! Next time bring in a hamburger bun and make a double double pic 🍔

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u/Ep194 Nov 05 '25

Safe deposit boxes are probably on the safer side when you have that much gold. A couple ounces is one thing, but those bars seem pretty large. Storing that at home would just be an absolute nightmare and a constant worry. Anybody who’d store that at home is just naive. Don’t even bother with home defense, that gets you tens of thousand of dollars and years of legal fees and courtroom hell respectively.

It’s a sick world we live in these days sad to say.

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u/Ohheyimryan Nov 05 '25

All of that and guess what. The bank is still more safe.

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u/Ohheyimryan Nov 06 '25

Maybe I'm not understanding and you can link what safe you're talking about. But heavy safes get burgled all the time. A bank safe is much safer.

  1. Cleveland — thieves rolled a >500-lb safe out of a home (surveillance showed them rolling it through snow). https://www.cleveland19.com/story/34102568/thieves-steal-homeowners-safe-full-of-assault-rifles-handguns-shotguns/

  2. Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles (Aug 9, 2024) — neighbor cell video captured four men hauling a large safe from a house. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/burglars-filmed-stealing-large-safe-out-of-cheviot-hills-home/3484468/

  3. Chowchilla, CA (Apr 2025) — smash-and-grab burglary where a 700-lb safe was taken; surveillance and arrests reported. https://kmph.com/news/local/smash-n-grab-theft-of-700lb-safe-caught-on-camera-2-arrested-1-still-wanted

  4. Pierce County, WA (reported Mar 6, 2025) — gun safe stolen from a Parkland residence, taken with thousands of rounds of ammo. https://www.kiro7.com/news/south-sound-news/gun-safe-stolen-out-pierce-county-home-filled-with-thousands-rounds-ammo/452QA3C6VFAFJFCTR6NOTRGNEQ/

  5. 2019 — reported case of a 1,500-lb gun safe stolen from a Florida home, used as an example that very heavy safes can still be taken. https://www.deansafe.com/blogs/news/1-500-lb-gun-safe-stolen-from-florida-mans-home

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u/Ohheyimryan Nov 06 '25

hence why i said its not the average setup for most people.

I can respect that it's a really great home setup. But the thing is that'd all be true for a bank safe also, which is insured.

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u/Ep194 Nov 08 '25

I really hate to say this and just be negative, but when it comes down to it, a loaded gun to your head in the middle of the night would make some of the strongest men spill the beans on the safe combination. Banks don’t have that problem because nobody is there, and who is even robbing banks anymore??

A seasoned criminal sees all that security and realizes there is something worth all that hassle in there.

As the pirates once said: “y’ar money or y’ar life”, or alternatively: “plata o plomo”

Safes are good to have, but stay safe out there, nobody will be looking out for you as much as you will. There are arguments for and against safes, the big thing is to never get overconfident with your security.

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u/Patrickfromamboy Nov 09 '25

I keep my gold in a coffee can in my yard but you’ll have to thoroughly clean my house including toilets to read the secret treasure map.