Hiding Valuables in Books

[alfsauve]

This topic came up a while back and I hadn't had chance to respond.  In the meantime I found some pre-made books that can be used to hide valuables at Michaels arts and craft stores.

Here's a picture of my two books.   Death Beam, in the center is a book I picked up used for 50cent and carved out the inside.  (I like the title.)   I hollowed it out so that a PPK/s would fit inside.   The book to the right of Death Beam is the fake book I bought at Michaels for only a couple of bucks.  They sell it to use to hold Christmas presents.



Here's how they look removed from the shelf



And here's what's inside.   The XD is a little snug, but I just had it handy and put it inside for illustration purposes.




I know my "carving" is a little crude, but it was a proof of concept and I never went back to clean it up.    I used it for a couple of years, but now I just carry my PPK/s rather than keep it on the shelf.  Given some time, if anyone's interested, I've got another book that I intend on carving, I'll post a how-to with pictures, later.

[tombogan03884]

 Alf, "Death beam" is better than the other one which I picked out just based on the thread title and the lack of one on the book spine.
Quite the interesting book shelf, is "Conflict of Visions"  "readable" or dry and "scholarly" ?

[ericire12]

I could tell that one with the XD had something in it.... it look too out of place.

[Badgersmilk]

You know a great book for this would be "The Road"!  It's not all that big, but I can't think of a better use for the turd if you haven't thrown your copy away after suffering through it.  

[ericire12]

You know a great book for this would be "The Road"!  It's not all that big, but I can't think of a better use for the turd if you haven't thrown your copy away after suffering through it.   

I would add "Trail Safe" to that list also.......JK, Bane

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[dipisc]

Hello to all;

     This topic reminds me of how my Mom and us "kid's" went through my Dad's room after he died to clean up since he was somewhat of a pack rat. I came upon a 1972 Rand/McNally road book and just for S- - -'s and Giggles I thought I'd see how the local/state roads had changed in the 25 years since. I opened the book to the state of PA and $150. was there.

     Naturally, what had been thrown into the trash bag previously had been dumped out and in the end a total of $900. was found in those off the wall/old dust catchers that we thought were trash. My Mom made out that day!

[fightingquaker13]

Alf
Props for having the Hayek and "Uncle Milton". Please don'r carve them up to hold guns. They're more  valuable SD tools than that LCP.
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[Timothy]

     Naturally, what had been thrown into the trash bag previously had been dumped out and in the end a total of $900. was found in those off the wall/old dust catchers that we thought were trash. My Mom made out that day!

When my aged mother finally decided to make the change and move in with one of the kids, my brother was clearing out her condo/apartment.  He found $8,000.00 in twenties in a hatbox in an unlocked storage closet OUTSIDE her front hallway.  Anyone in the complex could have made off with it and she had no idea she'd left it there.

Check your folks stuff, expecially if they're getting a little drifty.

Oh, Yea.....Great idea Alf!

[jaybet]

When my mom passed I found a bunch of jewelery including diamond rings wrapped up in tin foil in the freezer.

[fightingquaker13]

When my mom passed I found a bunch of jewelery including diamond rings wrapped up in tin foil in the freezer.

My great aunt (child of the Deppression) had a couple of bleach bottles filled with silver quarters and $100 bills behind the paper linings in her dresser drawers, in the pages of a Bible and photo albums and inside vases and the like. It was like a damn archelogical dig going through that place. This was clearly a woman ahead of her time, as she did not trust banks.
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