That’s a great idea. The other ideas in the article are terrible, some of the first places people look (in the freezer, in a hollowed-out fake book, in potting soil, etc.)
I have a section of floorboards that didn’t get nailed down. They’re in a corner of a dark closet and they fit snugly so you don’t realize that they’re loose.
Beneath attic insulation is good, too. Few people are going to be determined enough to claw up a few thousand square feet of insulation.
Best place to hide stuff from non-LEOs: in an old paint can, in a plastic bag underneath a skin of dried paint, which is stored with other functional paint cans in the basement. Burglars aren’t going to go that far—they want to get in and get out fast. LEOs have to be really, really mad at you to dump all your paint in the course of a search.
But don’t get too clever. My late mother hid some of her jewelry and (we suspect) a substantial cache of money, and we never found it.
I knew a guy that owned a country store that hid his cash in a coffee can on the shelf with the rest of the coffee.
This is an old Alaska story and helps to support the argument that you might need to share your stash place with others.
In Alaska, residents receive annual dividends from the Alaska Permanent Fund. For many years these annual checks have meant well over $1,000 a year for each family members. Not losing that benefit is a big temptation for those moving out of Alaska.
Folks we know had relatives that left Alaska back in the early 80s. Back then, that State was just starting to enforce eligibility. Many folks discovered they once they established eligibility, they could recruit local friends or family and hide behind other addresses, just to get the next years check.
Well, seven checks came for a family that had moved back to the lower '48. The sister received the checks and decided to hide them for awhile until she and her sister decided what to do. So, he hid them in her romance books.
One day hubby got sick and tired of finding his wife spending so much time reading those lousy romance books, that when she went out to the store, he boxed them all up and took them to the dump.
When she got home, imagine her situation. She gave up her romance books, and the sister had to give up the hope of cashing about $7,000. It turned out to be a good thing, because without the checks being cashed, they no longer qualified for the program. They could not reapply for re-issuance without raising more questions and no crime was committed.
“I have a section of floorboards that didn’t get nailed down. They’re in a corner of a dark closet and they fit snugly so you don’t realize that they’re loose.”
Loose floorboard, dark closet corner,...got it. Do you have an address?
And you think hiding stuff in a paint can - in a plastic bag - UNDER a skin of dried paint isn't "too clever"? I can see why you never found Mom's jewelry - same gene pool...