Posted on 03/02/2013 2:15:25 PM PST by LibWhacker
My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector and digging tools from the trunk, and headed off along a game trail. Our mission: To dig up and test fire a pistol Jack had buried years ago.
The trail disappeared into a wetland, which Jack crossed with confidence. The muddy water was only about six inches deep where he walked, but I couldn't see the bottom so I waded gingerly after him. It was at this point I discovered that my borrowed waterproof boots — weren't. I squished along after Jack. By the time I emerged onto dry land, he was standing well ahead of me, next to the stump of an old cedar that had been logged a hundred years ago.
"It's buried right here," Jack told me confidently. "Between this stump and that sapling."
I was dubious. The "sapling" wasn't exactly a sapling anymore. It had grown into a mid-sized alder tree. Besides, Jack had history with not being able to relocate a buried firearm. Back in 2004, I had mocked him in one of my Backwoods Home Hardyville columns for that very thing, an SKS he couldn't relocate.
Nevertheless, he set to breaking up roots. I followed with a shovel.
"I didn't bury it very deep," he said. "We shouldn't have too much trouble."
(Excerpt) Read more at backwoodshome.com ...
If you have a well, burying next to the casing would also disguise almost anything. A 6” well casing puts out a huge signal to a metal detector. I work for a water company, and could probably bury bazookas and bangalore torpedoes next the well casings.
The article didn’t mention one potentially huge problem with relying on GPS: deliberate signal degradation.
GPS signals available to civilians were intentionally degraded everywhere, until about 2000. They are still degraded in active war zones, to deny the use to the enemy. (The military has the algorithms needed to get the accurate signals.)
In the event that a civilian resistance is needed — the government can (and most likely will) degrade GPS signals. The “rule of three” sounds like good advice.
BTW, in a few years, the EU’s “Galileo” system should be fully operational. It may be that getting a GPS receiver capable of reading Galileo signals would be a viable alternative to using the U.S. GPS system (unless the EU also degrades the Galileo signals). Both systems would be able to use the same coordinates as input.
Locating the pistol reminded me of my “survey” days, years ago (before electronic measurements). We were looking for old Section corners in generally flat barren land.
We’d chain out from found corners or just guesstimate a location and start digging. The monument was normally a 2” iron pipe set in concrete about 18” below grade.
When we reached about 3 feet deep and diameter, we would start sluffing in the perimeter of the hole. WHOOP, THERE IT IS!
One of the desk jockeys asked how we found those corners. I said: “Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes you just pull it out of your rear.”
Excellent idea... thanks.
How to Hide ‘Treasure’ just in case…….
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2772821/posts
You’ll never believe what my fortune cookie just said, “You will find hidden treasure where never expected.” I’m definitely saving this one!
No joke-—no lie-—not a metaphor. I need a conservative man with a gun. I know nothing about guns and I’m very afraid of being without either. Would prefer to have both.
kg/nancy
At the beginning of most gun classes they ask people why they are there. You can tell them you are looking for protection, shooting partner, etc. Just keep taking the classes, preferably the smaller ones given at gun stores and ranges where you get to know everyone.
One rule learned the hard way: If you’re going to bury it deep, make sure it’s somewhere you can get at with a backhoe. It may be in the ground longer than you expect. What took me two hours to bury when I was 36 took me eight hours to dig up when I was 55.
How long have you been on this planet?
You need to resolve both of those problems yourself.
BFL
You might just meet a conservative man...and learn how to handle a firearm...by taking palmer’s advice!
There are people who say, "When it's time to bury the guns, it's actually time to dig them up and use them."
Class of '99. ;)
/johnny
“If it’s time to hide ‘em, it’s time to use ‘em.”
Amen.
When I leave with them that “last time” it won’t be to hide them....
I think it’s all about resupplying yourself in a SHTF scenario. Whole armies do it. Operatives behind enemy lines do it. I think individuals should at least think about it.
Remember, too, when they come for your guns, you can die fighting to keep them, as perhaps some here intend to do, or surrender one or two guns while the rest lie safely buried. What you almost certainly will not be able to do, in 99% of the cases however, is keep them all in your gun cabinet in your study. When they come for them, they’re going to leave with them, if your guns are in your house, and your body on a slab if you resist.
It’s pure delusion to think one can fight off a SWAT team from the safety of one’s porch. People (certainly not you Ozzy, and not necessarily anyone else in this thread either, but I’ve seen such crazy talk about this subject on the ‘net, it’s unbelievable) just are not thinking clearly about this. NEVER, EVER give up your life to protect a gun. It’s insanity. It’s stupid. You and your guns will be far too important to the resistance to throw away so lightly.
Check out the Mosby article. Well worth it.
Otherwise... grow up and accept your responsibility for ensuring your own security.
/johnny
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It's idiocy to think that folks are going to wait at home on their porch to get whacked. MOVE, shoot and communicate.
Fixed defenses are for rich people and governments.
/johnny
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