Safes and what they contain

A first for me.  Got two safes in one lkr today..one small and one..............!

Take a look here; 16 pics...last 4 are of 2nd safe.

http://storageauctionforums.com/index.php?topic=1611.msg8360

I find safes pretty regular in my units. Roughly 70% are empty. Fireboxes are general junk -- misc. paper work ... One of the recent ones I found had roughly $1k in gold/silver melt in it, along with a Marijuana growing handbook --- funny thing is that I found more gold/silver in a trash bag in the same unit than was actually in the safe.

Found a 100 year old safe month or two back, also in photos -- it was open, and empty, but made some nice dollars off of it.

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oh wow, that is a nice ass safe. I personally would of kept that one for myself as a conversation piece, lol. Damn I guess I am starting to turn into a hoarder.

Check out this link for the "loading ceremony" of a gun safe I sold Nov 1, 2011.

Pics of the move start at reply #162 I think.

http://storageauctionforums.com/index.php?topic=1611.150

Got another Sentry safe in my last locker for $825. I didn't bid that high because it was showing, but because of the overall quality of the locker and the POSSIBILITY there might be something good in the safe.

I used the Sentry method of getting the combination (just do a search for "safes" and you'll see the threads here) and got it open 24 hours after I obtained it.

In the little black drawer inside it had 7 "silver" rings. Only one turned out to be silver with a couple of little bracelets as well...$48 at the "gold" shop I go to.

Safes are fun and if you get enough of them and they have some size to them, they can pay off.

Right now I have three, two of which I got at auctions, 3rd at estate sale .... need to sell two of them !

Reviving old thread alert! 

Can you get keys and combos from other safe makers besides Sentry, or is Sentry the only manufacturer that provides that service and you just have to have the safe picked or cut?

Can you get keys and combos from other safe makers besides Sentry, or is Sentry the only manufacturer that provides that service and you just have to have the safe picked or cut?

The Sentry safes (IMO) seem to be the most prevalent in the lkrs we get simply because they are relatively inexpensive and available at places like Wal-Mart, etc.

The other larger, heavier-duty safes I have gotten include the STAR brand (probably absorbed by someone from what I remember researching them) and I have taken those to a locksmith. In my area they typically charge $75 but I have taken enough in to one outfit that I think they are charging me more in the $50 range and if keys are needed along with the combo, that's included.

The gun safe I had done (they came to the lkr) cost $300 (maybe $313 or something for the labor and a new combiantion lock) and my discount on the little ones I took to them came after that.

So, I don't know if other brands provide that same combination/key help the way Sentry does, but safes can pay off sometimes (see the other thread).