Wow, just wow!

[JerrySpringer]

If you have that much in PMs and cash, build a vault to put it in:

http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?Sectio ... eID=101196

[texcollex]

Truly Double Wow!

"The victim said that the following is missing from her home: 7,000 American Silver Eagle 1-ounce coins in plastic sleeves; 12 bags of silver nickels, dimes and quarters minted from 1920-1963; 15 South African Krugerrand gold coins; 20 10-pound bars of silver; 20 5-pound bars of silver; 30 American Gold Eagle coins with Canadian Gold Maple Leafs; 10-ounce and 6-ounce bars of silver with Johnson Matthey and Engelhard stamps; and $80,000 cash in bank envelopes."

[Neckro]

Could've took 10k and built a nice safe. Stupid lady, Very stupid.

[JerrySpringer]

Could've took 10k and built a nice safe. Stupid lady, Very stupid.

That was over $500,000 worth of PMs and money taken. You gotta wonder how someone got wind of what was stashed in the house. Just cash alone in the amount stated would call for some kind of safe IMHO.

[theo]

Could've took 10k and built a nice safe. Stupid lady, Very stupid.

That was over $500,000 worth of PMs and money taken. You gotta wonder how someone got wind of what was stashed in the house. Just cash alone in the amount stated would call for some kind of safe IMHO.

I believe the burglars broke in through a glass door. Besides ground level basement windows I believe the sliding glass door (open to the back yard) is the most popular point of entry for thieves. Almost no security and she obviously told people what she had. The article mentions nothing about the place being ransacked so the thieves apparantly knew just where to look.

[JerrySpringer]

I believe the burglars broke in through a glass door. Besides ground level basement windows I believe the sliding glass door (open to the back yard) is the most popular point of entry for thieves. Almost no security and she obviously told people what she had. The article mentions nothing about the place being ransacked so the thieves apparantly knew just where to look.

Wonder if she had any neighbors keeping an eye on the neighboorhood ? Sedona is a beautiful area but I wonder if people are preyed upon in nice areas that have low population densities, like out in the country sticks for example. A friend of ours had their car stolen out of their driveway this past year and joy-ridden and left for abandon. Of course parts were stripped etc. when the police found it soon afterwards. The car was an old Honda too and worth maybe a few grand at the time when when my friend had acquired it. This was out in the San Bernardino, CA area in a semi-remote location. Someone had to go off the beaten path to find her house and spot the car. There is a faction of no-good-doers who probe looking for stuff to steal. Find it hard to believe this person who had their PMs and cash stolen was randomly targeted, though.

[Thogey]

inside job!

Here in Prescott there was a theft. A woman had her silver dollar year set(from 1804) stolen from her bedroom closet.

From Goodfellas "The two most important things in life, Keep your mouth shut and don't say nuthin to nobody"

[silverdude]

With the cash, I would have a very nice safe, alarm, and cameras.

Wonder how long it took the thief or thieves to take it all?

[beauanderos]

I didn't believe this story when I read it at coinflation, and I still don't. Sounds like an insurance scam to me.

[neilgin1]

I didn't believe this story when I read it at coinflation, and I still don't. Sounds like an insurance scam to me.

my thoughts exactly......besides all the obvious stuff, exact count, little security, two things stick out, with 7,000 ASES, why does the bird stashed 'em in individual plastic sleeves?, that just increases the ....untidiness AND the right and proper way to stash metals....second, i know guys who know guys who know guys..ok?....and 80 large in folding money means said person is knee deep in the black market...this dame just made the mistake of her life, on many levels.

[Ardent Listener]

Their are lots of old bank buildings out there with vaults included. One of my dealer friends in Erie PA ( Gold Exchange) just put one of his coin/jewelry shops in one. An old bank building here in town failed to sell at auction. Scrap the vault and you could get your money back out of it. Lol!

[inflationhawk]

Now if she had that much value in copper, no thief could ever steal it without a forklift and heavy transportation equipment.

[Thogey]

An update

http://www.prescottdailycourier.com/mai ... ionID=1086

[JerrySpringer]

An update

http://www.prescottdailycourier.com/mai ... ionID=1086

Will she get a safe now? She just gave up her secrecy anyway with the news of the theft in the first place. As far as the thief goes, maybe he can be put in that safe once she gets it.

[penny pretty]

someone KNEW where to look!