Perfect hole placement.

Neato!

Also, Canadian coins were silver pre-65 as well.

Thanks, man. Wouldn't have done it without you!

I'm very surprised there was anything of value inside. There usually isn't with those old relics.

I opened one last friday that was full of coins also. There was a 1qt glass pickle jar full to the brim with pre-64 silver quarters, and box with at least 40 rolls of those state quarters ($400?). There were some other coins that were in Crown Royal bags (so I didn't see what they were), and a real nice Springfield Armory SS 1911A1 govt model .45acp. But it was known that all this stuff was inside, and the elderly owner had passed away and surviving (also elderly) relatives didn't know the combination. It was a cheap Sentry fire safe, drilled one hole with a cordless drill, stuck in my camera and aligned the tumblers to open it.... literally 5 minutes. Wham bam... $175 for me, see ya later. I did drive 20 miles to get there, and 20 to get back home.

Awesome! It appears it was worth the trouble.

Yeah, absolutely! And we didn't find any CS gas or break anything. It was a good way to spend an afternoon.

good read and well worth the wait,
better than Geraldo and his "Mystery of Al Capone's Vault" antics for sure

Imagine doing this shit every day... and getting paid for it.

Thanks for posting this!

Yep, it is for the most part. And I love it. I'd rather drive 20 miles through woods and wilderness, in between or around the plentiful lakes, than 20 blocks through any city. It takes about the same amount of time. I charge the same hourly rate driving to and from a job (plus vehicle mileage) as I do when actually on the job. So the further away you are, the more it's gonna cost ya.

Travel time is fair. You could be somewhere else making money.

Exactly. So the same hourly rate applies no matter where I am. Some people don't understand what a "service call charge" is for. It's for the on the clock travel time & overhead too. Employees driving service vehicles are paid by the hour for traveling to and from jobs too. So, I treat myself as if I were an employee, not sole proprieter. An employee isn't going to drive a company truck to and from job sites on his own time. He/she's "on the clock" from the time he/she leaves the shop until they clock out and go home.

My hourly rate is based upon:

employee salary

5 types of insurance -> health, liability, worksman comp, unemployment, vehicle

advertising, phone bills, and other misc overhead

vacation/sick/personal day's pay  

fuel for service vehicle

vehicle wear / tear, maintenance and eventual replacement

registrations/licensing

profit for the company (I'm not in business just to provide a job for people, my profit is equal to an employee's salary at a minimum... if I own the business and work on jobsites too, yes, I am "double-dipping"...so what, I am entitled to)

So, what are you going to do with the safe now? Scrap or reuse?

I'm pretty sure it's still sitting there, unused and in storage. Someone initially expressed interest, but I don't believe that went anywhere.