Posted on 12/24/2015 10:48:40 AM PST by w1n1
Rodney Dial a survival prepper from Alaska briefly explains his method of hiding his survival cache underwater, obviously locations are marked only he knows where its at. He builds these cylinder canister from metal and welds it shut, thus become air tight water proof. With food and supplies the metal cache weighs in at 150 pounds. See the rest of the story and video here. Where are you stashing your survival cache?
Apparently, one has to make sure that one has a cutting torch available and plenty of gas supplies to cut the welds in order to get at the survival supplies. Or, it is just a 150 lb. steel cylinder that is now a boat anchor.
For your perusal!
Note to self - take metal detector with me when I go to Alaska. No telling what I might find close inshore.
Future paleontologists will marvel at the prehistoric dinosaurs that evidently laid metal-shelled eggs full of strange edibles but no yolks, bridging the gap between ancient chickens and the later silver beatles.
If his locations are set by GPS, what happens if GPS is down?
Creative though...
For some, it is better to lay their treasures in heaven, rather than in icy waters. I am unaware of anyone who has been able to take their Earthly treasures with them after they died. Just a thought on this Christmas Eve!
Merry Christmas!
Let’s see.. Likely disasters to cause a survival situation in Alaska:
Earthquake, earthquake generated tsunami, sea slide created tsunami, extreme cold weather event...
Slap some telephone company stickers on the outside, paint it whatever color the municipality in the area uses for utility boxes, bolt it in place, you’ve got a nice survival cache near your egress route or shelter.
he might like to check out weld-on flanges, gaskets and caps.
only need a wrench to get in after that.
(more money though)
Can’t get it to load. I hope he’s leak testing these somehow after fabrication. Also chopping thru the ice to retrieve them will expend some energy.
True, but from what I’ve heard the surrounding bottom is littered with guns, ammo & loading equipment.
Manufacturing a ‘boating accident’?
Pretty darn stupid if you ask me, and my home is in Alaska.
Better to just get several sticks of schedule 80 6 inch or larger PVC, or even ABS, glue caps on the ends, a treesaw will cut them open.
Twinkie’s storing her stuff “on the hoof”.
- Twinkie the Blimp
Where You hiding Yours?
Okay,
that Big tree outback,
go 300 paces West and,,,
no,no,no at ain’t right.
>> For some, it is better to lay their treasures in heaven, rather than in icy waters.
For everyone, actually.
Merry Christmas to you too, and thanks for pointing out that thanks to JESUS our eternal future is secure!
I like you idea. Use stainless bolts would make it easier to get them loose. The water pressure would keep the lids tighter. Cool temps would keep the contents for decades.
I’d still prefer underground though.
All that and the right sort of compressor to fill the air tanks, plus the fuel for both it and the boat to get to the stashes ... the container become less than boat anchors since they are not attached to any line to any boat - just steel junk corroding on the bottom of some inlet in SE AK. And if he does not have any zincs on them they will corrode ... he will have to regularly replace the zincs or lose it all. We’ll just sneak up and watch ...
I buried mine in an unmarked grave next to one with Arch Stanton’s name on it.
Oh you’re good. It’s bad to do an ugly thing like that though.
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