way too much stuff

Well this morning I embarked on a project that was way overdue. I went to the hardware store and bought a few 2" lag bolts, and a 1/2" steel bit to bolt my safe to the floor.

I know that I've been acting on faith that my safe wouldn't be stolen. Although it weighs a lot and wouldn't be able to be picked up by a single individual and carried out of my home-- a properly prepared team of thieves could have done it together with a dolly.

So I opened it up ( the bolts go through the inside to the floor underneath--it will take a full removal of the floor for it to be moved without the combination). Once inside I started clearing it out--insurance policies, SSN cards, wife's jewelry, passports etc...and of course, my hoard/collection.

How much fun it was to slowly "inventory" all of the swag. I went through my stackable, silver-colored NGC slab boxes...then some rolls and tubes of Silver Eagles. I found the albums that I have assembled (reminding myself that there were a few upgrades that I've been meaning to get) and in the back was a nice surprise that I forgot I had. There were 5 nice 1995 proof ASE's that I had bought years ago, still in their boxes.

I found other loose stuff--doubles I've been meaning to sell, about 20+ coins that I've always intended to get slabbed...

So I guess the lesson is, that it's time again for my annual " clear out the impulse buys" sale. Sometimes I wonder if I have a touch of that "hoarder" mentality in me..but since it's just with coins and bullion nobody has deemed it necessary to have an "intervention" for me.

Here's another of my foolish coin things that I do...I paid $15 to get a $20 coin slabbed--go figure. Oh well, it looks great in my High Seas collection...Copper coin from Cyprus with an ancient galleon on it...