What must you know to store money in the ground?

That ammo box is going to rust pretty fast. I think some outdoor PVC tube would be better.

 

Don't water it. It does not grow.

 

Ha! No...

I like the PVC pipe idea.

 

in the movie" it's a mad, mad, mad, mad, world" the money was buried under four leaning palm trees that formed a big W. pvc pipe is the only way to go. install an air valve and evacuate all the air after sealing. you could hide the pipe in a wall with other plumbing and not have to worry about digging the hole.

 

In the sad state the world is in, someone digging up (or finding) a short PVC pipe, sealed at both ends, especially with a valve attached, would probably call the police. Bomb squad comes out and blows your money to kingdom come. Or you are seen making it, small visit from SWAT. Shoot first, ask questions later.

 

kill your whoring wife, feed her fetid innards to the dog and stuff her corpse with your stash. then later when you need the money dig her up and defile her cheating ass one last time and collect what is yours.






*post may have been made from the future when a wife i might have had kicked her nasty oxygen habit.

 

Just another suggestion onto the pile

1) Turn your paper dollars into assorted value gold coins
(gold has this tendancy to withstand the eliments over paper)
(Oh, and gold also has a tendancy to be a little more than what it was a few years ago)
2) place coins/bullion in one of those plastic ammo cases, REALLY thick plastic and rubber sealed.
3) find your part of the earth and bury

but if you absolutely need to store paper bills, seal them in sealable glass containers(Mason jars), buffer the jars with sawdust or loose wood chips put the glass containers in the ammo box and bury.

 

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What? Damn ... I guess I can stop now, then.

 

Wouldn't you feel sad if you dug up your money in 5 years and found that some microscopic paper mite had basically eaten it to a pile of paperdust?

I think maybe give it a good shot of Raid prior to sealing the first layer of plastic bag.

 

Read Larry Niven's book "Lucifer's Hammer". There is a good section in the book on how to prepare books for long term safe keeping. It involves several layers of baggies with insectiside. The characters burial place was, well, unique. Bury in a septic tank, no one will bother to look there!

 

lol... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

 

why do you want to barry ur $

so you dont spend it ?

 

I tried to PM you, but your box is full.

 

Tony Soprano hid his cash in the backyard, by the pool, under the birdseed.


Of course when he went to retrieve it, someone had been there first (probably Carmela).


Al Bundy buried his savings in a shoebox (what else could it be) in the backyard.


Of course when he went to retrieve it, someone had been there first (Peg left a note).

 

You leave your credit cards in your car? You should keep it in a safer place... like, say... in a hole in the ground!

~shahedc
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Spoken like someone who has never had it happen.

 

Here's what my grandfather did:

Placed materials in a thick plastic bag, triple bags. Then slid the material into a pvc pipe cut to one foot, capped both ends with pvc caps held on by adhesive. Dug a three foot hole under the the house at an angle so it would go under the foundation of the house--more difficult for metal detectors to pick up (gold krugerands). Tied a steel wire around the pvc cap, cinched it and crimped it in place. Then tied it off on a piece of rubbarb protruding from the end of the foundation (appx a ft under the ground). Tossed it in the hole, burried it, and following his death, we uncovered it based upon his specific instructions. It was there for some 10 yrs.