Help..Mom is hiding money in her house

For those in such fear of banks, technology actually is the answer.

Take as many bills as will fit, roll them as tightly as you can and put them in a waterproof match case such as this:




Then insert the entire package as an anal suppository. The bright orange color makes it easier to find, later.

Oh, and make sure that you have plenty of oatmeal, prunes and other fiber in your survival supplies.

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I wish the posts had like , with the thumbs up.(like on Facebook...lol)
I like so many of your suggestions and want you to know that.
But its extra hard when she live in a mobile home and those things can go up like a matchbox. That's the main problem of it being in her dryer

Such clever idea's that would work, in the basement, attic or even trim or fake wood beams
But I think outside will be best with Mom's home
I do think more and more people are doing this.
I think its a smart thing to have some on hand and not all tied up in a bank.
I wish I had money to hide...lol !!

Just to let you know, my husband did some work for someone who buried their money. Never smelled something so stinky! I'm not sure how long it takes being buried to develop that smell, but every time I've smelled money that smelled like that, it was someone who didn't trust banks. I know one person got robbed because someone knew they'd buried it so watched until they went out to get some from their "bank". We live out in the boonies, lots of older people from the "Depression" era here. May want to put something in to keep it from smelling.

I guess it really depends on how easily you want to access it. this is the best article I noticed on the subject (there is a link to a part 2 down at the bottom).

http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/t...ith-a-burglar/

My father died suddenly. He was born in 1925 and had vivid memories of the Depression.

Afterward, family members and I were cleaning out his house. We were going through boxes of old TV components in the basement -- hauling most of them out to a dumpster -- when my stepsister handed me a box and said, "I think you need to take a look in this one." Inside I found (IIRC) $12,000 cash in brown paper bags.

To this day, I wonder how much cash we inadvertently threw away!

Moral of the story: If you're gonna hide cash, tell someone that you trust. Unless, of course, you don't care what happens to it when you're gone!

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I just have to share a story about hiding money, that I remembered after I'd posted.

Many years ago, a couple of guys I knew were into gold mining. They'd had a very successful couple of years doing it mostly part time. At the end of the season one year, they got into a rip roaring drunk, just the two of them with wives gone to town or something. It was a tequila night, and of course, the later it got, the more paranoid they became.......

The upshot is, there were one full quart and one pint of gold nuggets, flakes, and dust buried on the property. They figured out that much the next day when they checked the safe.

I know that for at least ten years, they were not able to find that gold. The hazards of being on a parcel with a lot of new excavation going on, due to building a shop and a house.....

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The point of having an emergency stash is for an emergency. You might need cash on a day when the bank isn't open or you can't get to the bank. Just because it's FDIC insured doesn't mean it's available 24/7.

I've been thinking about emergency stash places too. I've got some good ideas I just don't have any cash to stash. LOL

My Dad's been gone since 1987 and even though we searched everywhere we couldn't find his stash.
What we did find was a large envelope taped on the inside of the closet sliding doors so that it was in between the doors when either one was opened. There was nothing in there, but there was the outline creased into the envelope of a wad of money.
I really like the idea of the stepping stones because they can be placed anywhere outside ..... now all I need is some extra cash to try it out...lol

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Danaus29..I know just what you're saying..lol
Its taking all my cash just to stay afloat and buy my animals feed...oh and gas
So no stash for me neither...or I'm sure I would have thought this over a bit more myself.

Loving all the stories you are sharing about finding money after someone dies or NOT finding it.
Yes, I'm glad she told me so I know where its at rather then it just get thrown away never found again...stinky money...that makes sense tho
Think of all the dirty hands that touches money. I bet the germs grow while stored

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Sanza I really like the idea of stepping stones too.
But dont make them to pretty so someone wants to steal them

my Dad made false fronts out of the kickboards underneath the kitchen cabinets and would store lots of stuff down there. Seemed to be a pretty good solution!

Try http://www.sneakysafes.com then click on the thumbnail for sneaky safes. These aren't the cheesy containers, they look and feel absolutely authentic.

Shes never had to open one and one has not opened by being stepped on. Plastic will do well in concrete. Plastic stays around a very long time. Use the fiberglass re-enforced concrete.

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There is no reason for her to be afraid to put it in the bank. The FDIC insures each account up to $100,000 so even if the bank goes belly up she'll still have her money.

I've read that if there's a general run on banks nationwide, the FDIC could covered just one or two percent of the total loss.

We had such a case here A guy I know got sick and went to the Dr.

He was full of cancer and died the next week.

He did in fact have money stashed on his property but he never told were. His widow is hurting because of a lack of money. As I understand it there was quite a lot of money.

We knew that my Step-Mother hid money in the house - the job she had, it wasn't unusual for her to get a bonus of a $100.00 bill every once in a while.

After she died, my Dad continued to live for another 4 years. It wasn't until after his death, that we started to clean out the house. Dad was good at carrying around $600.00 - $1000.00 in his wallet so in addition to the money that was in his wallet - we found several hundred in dresser drawers, etc.

Knowing that money was hidden, we had to search everything - books, all clothes, etc. When my Step-sister went through a recipe book, she found $1000.00 in the one "pocket" it had.

We also found bags (the cloth bags from the bank) filled with pennies back in the one spare room.

Dad died in November and by Christmas we had found over $6000.00!! It does make you wonder if found all the hidden stash though!

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I can't find where I read it but the the biggest problem with burried money in containers is mold. Someone had done a test and within a few years most of the money was destroyed...even in sealed pvc.

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I imagine if you vacuum seal the money or just put it in zip seal bags with moisture absorbers mold shouldn't be much of a problem. Even if the money molds, if it is recognizable as money it can usually be re-issued. I've never actually buried paper money, so I can't say for sure. I might have to try it with a small amount for a year or so. One thing I thought of for burying it in PVC is to bury the pipe vertically with the top just a few inches below the surface so you can access it in the winter if you need to. If you bury it in a garden with mulch over it, even easier to get to when the ground is frozen.

I love all the stories about people finding things in relatives' houses after they're gone. It reminds me of my grandfather. He didn't have any money, but it's been two years since he died and we're still not sure we found all of his guns. He had hundreds. First thing we did when he died was get the guns out so they wouldn't end up in the wrong hands. Then when we got around to cleaning out everything else, we found revolvers behind the TV and in the couch cushions.

well it might be better to keep it in an envelope in a file somewhere that isn't marked what a thief would be looking for, like maybe under BILLS...who knows..

the dryer would have to be used regularlyl so the money would always be having to be moved.

lots of people put money inside empty food containers in their cabinets, any decent food container that isn't see through can have money put in it and then put back in the cabinet..theives will look for FAKE food containers but not generally real ones.

i know someone who put a safe inside a toolbox in his garage, and he keeps stuff locked out there, it is bolted through to the wall

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I got a Camp Trailer off a Woman.Found Food and Money that she had stashed and forgot about.

I gave it back to her.But she just moved and I figure there is some hid on the property.

big rockpile

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