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The Storage Locker => General Storage Auction Talk => Topic started by: Travis on February 01, 2013, 03:39:57 PM

Title: Safes - How often to you find something good inside?
Post by: Travis on February 01, 2013, 03:39:57 PM
Out of every unit you have bought that contained a safe, how many of them contained valuables and how many were empty or only contained personal documents? Small fire safes included.

My ratio is about 2 in every 10.
Title: Re: Safes - How often to you find something good inside?
Post by: alloro on February 02, 2013, 12:36:25 AM
The only times I find valuables in safes is when I watch Storage Wars or Auction Hunters. :D
Title: Re: Safes - How often to you find something good inside?
Post by: Travis on February 06, 2013, 11:41:42 PM
The only times I find valuables in safes is when I watch Storage Wars or Auction Hunters. :D

Perhaps you need to spend less time watching Storage Wars or Auction Hunters and more time at the auctions buying storage units.  ;)
Title: Re: Safes - How often to you find something good inside?
Post by: Travis on October 13, 2014, 11:29:26 AM
Thought I would revive this post to see if anyone else had some input.
Title: Re: Safes - How often to you find something good inside?
Post by: drbecker on October 20, 2014, 11:55:35 PM
I think I once found a few items in a safe it was sports memorabilia not real great maybe $50 worth of stuff tops. Normally I find paperwork of no value.  Never found any gold or cash did find a worthless airsoft pistol and some porn in safes. 
Title: Re: Safes - How often to you find something good inside?
Post by: rulesforrebels on October 24, 2014, 04:58:31 PM
I've never found that goldmine item worth thousands though I have found some good stuff. To me a great item is a whole tote bin full of thomas the train tracks and toys that go for a few bucks a pop or a designer purse or an expensive piece of electronics worht a few hundred bucks but I've never found a safe or gold bars or anything crazy like that
Title: Re: Safes - How often to you find something good inside?
Post by: auctionguy on October 24, 2014, 08:13:11 PM
Out of every unit you have bought that contained a safe, how many of them contained valuables and how many were empty or only contained personal documents? Small fire safes included.

My ratio is about 2 in every 10.

From all the rooms I've ever found gold in, currently up to about 5 lbs, never found one pennyweight in a safe.  I'm 0/50+
Title: Re: Safes - How often to you find something good inside?
Post by: Travis on October 29, 2014, 09:21:46 PM
From all the rooms I've ever found gold in, currently up to about 5 lbs, never found one pennyweight in a safe.  I'm 0/50+

Yeah, most of my gold finds have been in drawers, jewelry boxes or make up bags.
Title: Re: Safes - How often to you find something good inside?
Post by: dbr831 on October 30, 2014, 09:02:38 AM
Almost never. Found one lockbox with a bunch of personal papers and $80 in the back of a checkbook. Other than that mostly empty or just old personal papers. I can't remember any of my buyer friends ever finding anything worth mentioning in a safe either. It seems like the good stuff is always just in some random box or drawer.