Jackpot ! Jackpot in the Safe ?

Movieman, what was in the safe, should of had that puppy opened by now

ditto! I take it as a good sign

Movieman, what was in the safe, should of had that puppy opened by now

Patience JRoss, patience !  OK, it's open !

This is going to be a lengthy story with several parts, so I'll get right to the contents and then post more later about the doings between 1 and 5:30 today my time.

1)  No .357 to go with the ammo I found last night.
2)  No flat semi-auto to go with the holster I found last night
3)  See pics below for what WAS in the safe...text between pics.
4)  The former LKR OWNER  showed up !  Quite a day.



Drilling



Putting scope in to watch tumblers fall.




"scope" which puts light in and allows safe guy to watch tumlers moving.



Moving shaft to move tumblers.

More pics in next post; should make them load a little quicker maybe.

Here goes guys !



All the items were jumbled when the door came open. I cleaned out the crap (papers, etc)
and put one shelf up and put the good stuff back in.




Olive aviator helmet bag showed a 1974 date....not a helmet though.




The canvas like bag had the following in it.

The full "reveal" and info on each piece in next post.

First reseach shows this is a British air pistol....maybe late 60's early 70's.

damn, nice reveal so far on its contents, cant wait to see more, lol............oh wait, I am suppose to be patient right, lol

Now for the good stuff !

The pistol in the brown case is a S&W model 10. Beautiful condition...there were many bags of dessicant to soak
up any moisture in the air.




The pistol in the S&W blue case is a Colt, Officer's Model Match, .38 for target shooting in competitions.




The shotgun is 12 guage......pretty sweet. All guns in like new condition with no pitting or blems of any kind.
Maybe a little bluing lost on the Model 10 from holstering.

Well, I'm happy....how about you ! Newbies.....remember, I've bought over 355 lkrs in almost 8 years. This is the best set I've gotten and THIS SAFE WAS NOT APPARENT FROM THE DOOR !  It was 10 feet back, wedged against the wall and surrounded on the other sides by furn and boxes. DON'T expect this to happen to you !

Wow! Congrats!!! Now I'm going to dream about storage auctions for the 4th night in a row 

NIIICE! Congrats on the big win Movieman!

Thanks guys, this definitely qualifies as a BIGGIE !

One other item worth dollars; in the bottom of the safe mixed in with throw away crap was ONE cuff link.
It is shaped like a boar and has a red "jewel" eye. On back it is stamped 14K and some word I haven't read without a loupe yet, but I made out the 14K. I think it weighs 3 to 5 grams so that's some gold money. Wish it were a pair !

Details on the owner showing up later tonight; I'm mentally exhausted from the opening and the owner encounter.

Yee-Haw !

Forgot the pics of the shotgun !

Hot dam - I'd keep all of those weapons after I did a quick background check on them via the sheriffs office.  Those will fetch you some nice money.  You easily cleared your cost and then some on this unit.  I'll be like rugie and dreaming about such finds tonight.  Specially since have a 2 facility caravan in morning....that I can't make but 1 due to work.

Thank you very much for all the pics and story.

Love your disclaimer --- all the shows need it.

Very nice, I am so jealous, lol. Beats any of the units I have gotten thus far. How much did you pay for the locker and how much to have teh safe cracker open it for you?

Have you decided whether or not you keeping this safe or selling it?

Great find I have never found a gun worth more then $100 in a locker. You have $1000 in guns there and that is a conservative estimate on a good day you might get a lot more. Nice safe to. 

Very nice, I am so jealous, lol. Beats any of the units I have gotten thus far. How much did you pay for the locker and how much to have teh safe cracker open it for you?

Have you decided whether or not you keeping this safe or selling it?

Jross.....

Remember getting this safe (or any other super item) is often a matter of DUMB LUCK. That was the case here as I had no clue the safe was in there.

It's one thing to see a good item and bid accordingly (and sometimes too high), and another thing to just stumble onto it.

You missed my note in post #1 here that I paid $350 for the lkr. Even without the safe and contents this was a winning locker. Safe was thick frosting on the cake.

The safe guy cost $313 total. I could have just stopped at having it opened, but that didn't make much sense to me.
I looked at the bottom inside to see the rust level and it looked OK, so I told him to go ahead and put on the new outer portion of the combination lock; he used the innards of the one already there. He said a safe of similar quality at his shop would go for about $1200 (plus tax) and he thought I could get $600 to $700 for mine.

I haven't decided yet to keep it or not. I am only in the safe $313 in repair costs so if I can sell my two current smaller ones for $150 to $200, I would be getting a safe with a lot more room for only $100 to $150. Seems like a no-brainer to me to do it that way, but I have to convince my friend with the power lift-gate on his truck to help me get this home. Lock guy says it would weigh between 600 and 700 pounds empty.

Quite an eventful day and have to say I am worn out....more emotionally than physically. I'm not up tonight to write about the encounter with the former lkr owner, but I will say it was not all bad and might even come out good for me. More later on that (maybe tomorrow).

Awesome Movieman.Congratulations!