CathyInBlue
Grandmaster
Hey! I'm still suffering from my HVAC-induced summer cold. I have a right to be slovenly for a little bit.You got it dude !
Hey! I'm still suffering from my HVAC-induced summer cold. I have a right to be slovenly for a little bit.You got it dude !
If you bury it, include a small electronic monitoring and reporting system.
This system will monitor the vibrations of the buried case to detect the sensation of digging, which is likely to uncover it. This will require signal characterization and classification software.
Then, it could send a 3G signal back to you at home base with the report of the digging so that you can hurry to the sight to interdict the attempt at theft. If you are not fast enough, get the report too late, or otherwise the buried cache is carried off, the system should have a GPS/GLONASS system to continuously report its location to you following recovery, until you properly shut it down. This 3G system should operate in EMCON at all times other than reporting back to you. This will prevent it from being triangulated by area cell towers. It will also allow you to clone the SIM card of any cell phone you use on a daily basis without the cloning being detected in the cell phone network, as the likelihood of you using your cell phone at the moment the buried cache needs to report is as large as your appetite for cell phone use.
This will require an antenna and feedline to get the antenna above the ground plane (literally), so it should not be buried in a place where mowing is common. Also, the antenna should be disguised as a root or stick sticking up out of the ground. The length of this feedline should be sufficient to get the cache below the site's frost line if the cache includes any fluids.
Finally, all of this should be powered by an extremely efficient microcontroller and large Li-Ion battery pack which spends most of its time in a zero-energy use sleep state, waking up only to detect vibration and then go back to sleep. A final report can be sent to notify you of the battery's depletion before the system shuts off due to said depletion.
Energy harvesting technology might be useful if there is a source of mechanical vibration that is relatively steady, but use of a solar power cell above ground is ill-advised, as it would definitely tip off people to the presence of something nearby.
The idea of a solar charger buried with the monitoring and reporting system is just too stupid to comment on, outside of this comment here.
Other environmental sensors might also be included, such as cache temperature and humidity to guard against freezing and water infiltration. Again, reporting should be infrequent and only the result of sensor threshold violation alarms, to prevent the cache being triangulated by its 3G emissions.
Crown Royal Bag
What would be some good locations to hide a stash?
I've put together a stash of ammo, food, guns and a few other survival items that I want to store off site. I am thinking of burying it but have no place to do so. What would be some good locations to hide a stash?
Thanks, Matt
BTW, ignore the fact that I did in fact write that post while sitting around in my underwear.
I'm gonna do us both a favour and pretend that you didn't just say that.Pics or it didn't happen.
I'm gonna do us both a favour and pretend that you didn't just say that.
TOODLES!
And what part of "TOODLES!" told you I was not messing with you?
Plus, trust me, one image of me in my underwear and any male libido will need months to recover.
Ob On Topic:
if the stash must be on one's own property for proximity and security, I like the idea of digging lots of holes in the yard and burying lots of "faux caches" and burying a bunch of bits of metal 6-12" over the top of each cache. Put the actual stash in the least probable location. Under the metal gas pipe supply lines, under the sewage outflow pipe line, etc. Then put all of the "faux caches" in obvious and easy to find and dig locations. Make the faux caches outnumber the real stashes by at least 10:1. Make the authorities, or anyone else, who wants to use GPR or metal detectors use a backhoe to address all of the rampant hits they're gonna get.
Bolts work well
OP:
If your burying it then also put the smallest signature towards the surface. So it you burying a 3' piece of PVC pipe then bury it with the opening at the top. Aka: use a post hole digger.
But don't over work yourself because the best places can often be in plain sight above ground
Everything posted on the net is permanently recorded FYI. So with that in mind if you want to keep your particular "stash" a true secret from the people who would one day come looking for it, then dont post about it.
If big brother wants to find it trust me they will and have technology to do it even masking it. The above will just help keep it hidden from the average quick sweep.
Very true unfortunately when it comes to people finding it. A few small things are far better then a larger drum concept but don't ignore it completely if you know of a out of the way spot that isn't likely to be dug on or near farm ground.