Posted: 12/16/2012 8:10:27 AM EDT
| Anyone have experience with monovault brand burial tubes? I'm thinking about getting one |
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I've not used a monovault product, but given the price of those, I would just build them from 6" PVC drain pipe.
Should be able to knock a rifle length tube together for about 35 bucks or so - maybe less if you know a plumber that can get you stuff at a lower price. Glue a cap on one end. Use a threaded plug on the other. Seal threads with RTV, wheel bearing grease, etc. |
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Its certainly not a bad thing to have.
If you do plan on burying something that you dont want anyone else to find, there are two things that can help make sure it stays hidden. 1- Find an old fence line, one with any metal/wire is preferable. If your Monovault is buried near a fence line and someone with a metal detector picks up a signal, they'll hopefully just think its part of the old fence. 2- Bury the Monovault with the top no less than 18" below the ground. Fill in dirt on top of the Monovault and then place some old scraps of metal or coins just below the surface. This should hopefully ensure that whatever you bury stays there until you want to retrieve it. Hope that helps. |
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Does everyone just assume they will be burying things on property they don't own? I'd assume the cache maker wants his stuff out of site, yet available in a familiar, easy to access location. The danger I see with stashing stuff on other people's property is if the owner decides to do some landscaping or construction, and accidentally digs stuff up. |
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I have a PVC tube in the back of my Wrangler for storage (no pics available.) It's about 4ft long and 6" diameter. The pvc tube, glue, end cap and threaded end cost about $45 total last summer/fall.
I spray painted it black so it was less noticeable and it works out nicely. Doesn't take up much space and has plenty of room for flashlights, gloves, matches, hand warmers, mre, etc. It's water tight and could easily be buried. |
| +1 on the 6" PVC. Except, I glue ends on both sides of burial tubes. I pack one side at the last 6 inches with padding (old clothes, bubble wrap, whatever) and then mark that side with some SS wire wrapped around that end, and painted with a stripe. You then cut that side when you need what is in the tube. I don't trust threaded ends to be 100% water-proof. |
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Its certainly not a bad thing to have. If you do plan on burying something that you dont want anyone else to find, there are two things that can help make sure it stays hidden. 1- Find an old fence line, one with any metal/wire is preferable. If your Monovault is buried near a fence line and someone with a metal detector picks up a signal, they'll hopefully just think its part of the old fence. 2- Bury the Monovault with the top no less than 18" below the ground. Fill in dirt on top of the Monovault and then place some old scraps of metal or coins just below the surface. This should hopefully ensure that whatever you bury stays there until you want to retrieve it. Hope that helps. Point one is good, point two not so much. I metal detect and if I find a coin or artifact I continue to run the detector in the hole until I don't hear anymore beeps. If I dig down a foot and find a coin, I assume there may be more and sweep the hole with the coil or pinpointer. |
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Its certainly not a bad thing to have. If you do plan on burying something that you dont want anyone else to find, there are two things that can help make sure it stays hidden. 1- Find an old fence line, one with any metal/wire is preferable. If your Monovault is buried near a fence line and someone with a metal detector picks up a signal, they'll hopefully just think its part of the old fence. 2- Bury the Monovault with the top no less than 18" below the ground. Fill in dirt on top of the Monovault and then place some old scraps of metal or coins just below the surface. This should hopefully ensure that whatever you bury stays there until you want to retrieve it. Hope that helps. Scrap crap NOT COINS!!!! A metal detector nut that finds coins and still is getting strong signal will just keep digging looking for a big cache of coins, with thoughts of gold in their head!!! OK, someone already said it before I read the rest of the thread. 
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Its certainly not a bad thing to have. If you do plan on burying something that you dont want anyone else to find, there are two things that can help make sure it stays hidden. 1- Find an old fence line, one with any metal/wire is preferable. If your Monovault is buried near a fence line and someone with a metal detector picks up a signal, they'll hopefully just think its part of the old fence. 2- Bury the Monovault with the top no less than 18" below the ground. Fill in dirt on top of the Monovault and then place some old scraps of metal or coins just below the surface. This should hopefully ensure that whatever you bury stays there until you want to retrieve it. Hope that helps. And for goodness sake bury the thing above the 100 year flood plane. Nothing like a flood to pop a buried air bubble full of guns and ammo to the surface. After burial return the top soil to as close as you can get to the original condition. After the next rain or two check it out again as mine have shown settlement around the burial site. Bury in public lands that are protected like a National or State park rather than on private property. On private land the land owner can throw up a fence and a shopping mall or a new church faster than you might notice. You can buy 300 rare earth magnets the size of bird shot for about $10, heck bird shot is pretty cheap by the pound too. Out here the use of a metal detector on the parks is illegal so not to worry too much about private citizens sweeping your caches. |
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Its certainly not a bad thing to have. If you do plan on burying something that you dont want anyone else to find, there are two things that can help make sure it stays hidden. 1- Find an old fence line, one with any metal/wire is preferable. If your Monovault is buried near a fence line and someone with a metal detector picks up a signal, they'll hopefully just think its part of the old fence. 2- Bury the Monovault with the top no less than 18" below the ground. Fill in dirt on top of the Monovault and then place some old scraps of metal or coins just below the surface. This should hopefully ensure that whatever you bury stays there until you want to retrieve it. Hope that helps. And for goodness sake bury the thing above the 100 year flood plane. Nothing like a flood to pop a buried air bubble full of guns and ammo to the surface. After burial return the top soil to as close as you can get to the original condition. After the next rain or two check it out again as mine have shown settlement around the burial site. Bury in public lands that are protected like a National or State park rather than on private property. On private land the land owner can throw up a fence and a shopping mall or a new church faster than you might notice. You can buy 300 rare earth magnets the size of bird shot for about $10, heck bird shot is pretty cheap by the pound too. Out here the use of a metal detector on the parks is illegal so not to worry too much about private citizens sweeping your caches. How do you determine what the 100 year flood plane is? |
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How do you determine what the 100 year flood plane is? Usually there are flood plain maps available, like these FEMA maps. |
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Quoted: Pepper the sight with steel cut nails. Then use a plastic hand operated grass seed spreader to throw crossman bb's all over the site .Your metal detector is rendered inert. Especially good if you can get the old square nails. Does not look so fresh and out of place. |