burial bliss

BURIAL BLISS

Ah, caching. A solution to many problems. Now, unfortunately, it seems like caches have gotten almost all bad press. All we ever do is whine and complain about how the government is going to find those buried items and steal them, or, we will lose them, or a shopping center moves into your area and the spot is covered. I only really have one response to all those concerns. “The alternate is worse”. You are going to lose SOME, but if you don't bury your goods, you will most likely lose ALL that you cannot carry in you bug out.

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I'm not ridiculing your concerns. I've shared them. The only thing that really changed my mind was the new epidemic of crackheads and losing gear out at my Bison Pit Of Doom ( so named by a clever minion, in acknowledgment of my underground hovel to combat the cold ). It wasn't the up to $2k lose of propane tanks and solar panels and such. When you store multiples of multiples for everything, a small lose is stressful but not enough to endanger you. No, I was more concerned over further loses that had no resale value.

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The wheat is worthless now, but priceless later. No one would steal books now, as there is no market for them. But the reference library will be invaluable later ( one hopes that I picked the correct ones, and it wasn't just all topical blog subject material ). After that got my panties in a bunch, then the dingus lickers on the left started RedFlagging everything. I hadn't really been concerned with weapons bans before, as I had no semi's, but now they wanted ALL guns. Time to get extra serious about burying everything of high value.

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No, that doesn't really mean burying books. If you recall that from Lucifer's Hammer, you remember the books were put into zip-locks then dropped in a septic system. Did anyone else notice the problem there? Zip-Locks are NOT a perfect seal. Anyway, I'm not sure how much the books are worth in a rebuild situation ( as in, building a cottage industry economy. Not replicating anything like now. Forget industrial processes like sheet glass or artificial fertilizer. And that is BEST case. There might not be ANY rebuilding, being a Dark Age and all ). I focus on social sciences rather than practicalities like engineering, mostly. The library is mainly just useful to my growth, rather than societies.

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I would love to bury everything, as anything above ground is going to be a target eventually. I just cannot do as much digging as I used to ( for you new readers, I dug the pit for the hovel by hand, 10x20 by 6 foot deep. It took me a year, after work, working on all but the coldest days ). Burying clothes and other bulk items might never get done, so I'm starting with the highest values in guns, ammo and silver.

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It isn't rocket science. Oil as needed, evacuate air, multiple layers of plastic and a shell to keep that plastic from being compromised, and bury deep enough there isn't condensation formed. You can do the vacuum seal bags or the oxygen absorbents. Plastic bags/buckets or Mylar. PVC pipe or any scrap material to prevent punctures ( anything above 4 inch PVC is WAY too expensive except for high value firearms ). The silver coins you could put in anything to keep them together and toss in a hole, but we all like shiny things and plastic will keep them from tarnishing.

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Now, to the dangers. Of course they exist. Walking down the road poses a danger, especially living in an urban area with a diversified population. Relying on a job or pension is a risk. That doesn't mean you stop taking a risk, as long as you are minimizing them. You don't make just ONE cache, and that spreads out the danger. No, you don't dig two holes in the backyard. You dig one there, hopefully under a future slab of concrete, and then one off the property. And another one at another location. And etcetera.

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Americans have remained too secure in their dwellings for too long. We think our house is our castle. We think that castle, and insurance, is security. Well, sorry, but that ain't crap, now. You saw how well the bankers ( insurance IS a banker industry ) screwed us all twelve years ago. You are paying double property taxes and triple school loans and quadruple health care because of bankers pilfering the economy. And surely you see how insecure your home is from the government? Bars on the windows and a shotgun might deter burglars, but what is deterring the SWAT team?

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Just blind luck at this point. You can no longer own a secure safety deposit box at a bank ( if you live in a city big enough to have a private deposit box, you are probably in too big of a city ). It is far too easy to lose that to either the IRS, bank, or government jackbooted thugs. So you must hide and bury. Will the government find them with metal detectors? Or even a jerk snooping around as a hobby? It is possible, but less likely than above ground seizures. We have this mental block that if our precious is close to use, hidden in the wall or buried in the back, that we can monitor it.

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But to what end? To be an eyewitness to its theft? Or to discover sooner that it was taken while we were at work or eating out? At some point you need to have faith that digging is hard work and most of the time will not be undertaken. I understand the allure of having access to your treasures so that you may stroke them lovingly and reassure yourself how safe they make you. But I also know you know as much as I do that intelligently buried treasure is MORE of a feeling of security.

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As a minion pointed out recently, having a lot of expensive crap that is vulnerable makes for constant anxiety and irrational behavior. He was speaking of suburbanites and their McMansions and such. What seems to be forgotten by most suburb inhabitants is that fleeing the cities was White Flight, and that doesn't work anymore as OtherColors are placed in your neighborhood with Section Eight by communist government workers wishing to ruin your investment. You can bet THEIR neighborhood retains its value, but yours will be the future home of a mosque.

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That suburb you live in has taken on bonds in the tens of millions, and in the very near future will be so broke not even basic police or fire will be funded. You “invested” when you should have just been short timing the residence on your way to escaping to a far more rural home. This lesson also applies to ANY valuables you have at home. That expensive gun safe? Not so safe and a big target. Better to fill it with ammo so it cannot be moved, and have all but a few guns buried ( bury plenty of ammo, also ). Actually, a safe full of lead for reloading might be better!

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Burial is bliss. A shovel is your friend, even before there are any actual burials that need to take place ( you know, the Shoot, Shut-up, Shovel variety ).

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