Flippin' Treasure: Found and Opened a Lost Safe!

[@USMiner]

I found the owners and all jewelry and papers were returned. They didn't want to be filmed. I updated this in reply to a comment which the poster appears to have later deleted so I'm pinning this up here for those wondering what happened.

[@USMiner]

Two ways, first time I worked like crazy in the oilfield, saved every cent I made and didn't buy anything that I didn't absolutely need until I could finance my first flip house. Then worked on the house in my free time after work until I got it done and sold. The great recession hit and it took me 9 years to recover. Got my income back up again to where I could take a small loan and bought the cheapest house I could find with good potential, then another, etc. I have no kids so that helps me save.

[@USMiner]

Yeah, there are tradeoffs everywhere. I intentionally avoided having kids waiting until I felt I was financially secure, but due to market crashes (first dotcom bust, then great recession) that kept getting delayed and now I'm too old and women my age are starting to be grandmas already. Oilfield is dangerous, people died and lost fingers/hands, thankfully none on my shifts. It's safer these days. I buy on the normal market mostly, though some auctions and sometimes I troll areas looking for abandoned houses if the market is slim. Usually what I buy are the properties no one else wants or no one else sees potential in, I've learned to figure out which ones are good. A lot of flippers and investors base their decisions off stuff like what they see on TV shows and much like in the gold prospecting world, they fail because of it. The trick to making money is to understand what the market wants, not what an investor wants to work on. That's the biggest consideration, it's not always about making the nicest house on the block and putting granite countertops in everything like some TV shows love doing. It's about making sure your house is the best one in that particular price range and understand what amenitites that price range entails and which are wastes of money.

[@USMiner]

The other consideration is generally flippers wants to make a house too nice, then they price a big portion of people out of that house and you end up with nothing for first time buyers except mobile homes which are hard to finance. And that causes houses crises and market crashes. FHA won't finance most flip houses due to condition, which is why most go to investors, and they are generally the only other affordable properties other than mobile homes which are no unavailable due to lack of financing for them for owner occupants. So, as a poor person for most of my life and now a real estate investor, I also feel it's the right thing to do both for the good of our economy and morally to provide renovated houses in price ranges for first time buyers which are leaps better than anything else available on the market and this is what I aim for. This means that they are often sold before I even have to list them because the demand is high, and in return I can save money on realtor fees. As I move forward I like doing these ones more and more, and being in a small town it's nice when you see people at the grocery store who bought one of my houses say thanks a year or two down the road. So, my recomendation for anyone thinking about starting is to find a good patient realtor who will spend a month showing you houses, get a feel for the market, look up what sold and for what price the last 2 years. Then find houses you can sell in that price range, but make them better than anything you saw and still make a profit. That is the basis for a flip house to buy, at least that's what I look for.

[@firedragongaming6306]

You should have kept it but you maybe if you asked if you could have some maybe they would giwe you something and you never if they are gonna lose in a another house so you are technically wasting money it was a great video and you should do more but ya it could be stolen and if you kept some you could have sold some

[@evertvdberg723]

USMiner You did well my man. Nice video. Gr from Holland

[@asien26]

You are so kind to return back the things to the owner. Really proud of you.

[@ChrisRedfieldChannel]

Yeah but he did damage their deposit box.

[@asien26]

Hi Chris, if you don’t have the password or the key.. how to open it and at the end you wont know the owners then how he can return anything to the owners? Did you get it? Because this safe is abandoned, even he didn’t return it to the respected owner, he also not to be blamed. What do you think?

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[@sirdukeusa3289]

Very nice and honest of you trying to find the original owner, most wouldn't. You make me believe in humanity again, Thank you for being honest, even though you didn't have to try and find the proper owner. Because of your honesty, I liked and subbed.

[@AlvinHanson1708]

Nice to see you teturning lost items. The value of the honesty outways the value of the items with virtue.

[@RhinoRider2006]

I once bought a safe at auction. looked it up on the net. The manufacture gave the default code in owners manual set at the factory. I opened it and use it in our house now 12 years later

[@AfallinAngel]

hats off to you sir! I'm so glad there are still honest nice kind people like you left in this world. you should have millions of subscribers! You have a new subscriber right here. keep being you.

[@alanestey7252]

fu&*^# u

[@grammargrandma1234]

You were entitled to keep everything in the safe, but you did the nice thing and returned it to the original owners, good on you. You showed much more grace than the man who picked them up did. You were happy to return the stuff, I would have bought you some beers, or if you don't drink, a box of chocolates.

[@tinascott3892]

Just subbed, bc I thought you were very nice to go through the time of returning their things , most people wouldn't do that ...best of luck with your adventures!

[@ironeyz6926]

Refreshing to see such an honest guy,hope you got a some reward,or maybe your reward is being a good guy

[@catinalyons4299]

So nice of you to give the owners pictures and personals back.

[@maggiehaughey5408]

You are true gentlemen with a kind heart for returning these item's,be lucky

[@lininomartino]

I really like how careful you are to protect people's privacy and get back to them, things that might be meaningful to them. Good work being a great person.

[@dbomber69]

An easy way to cut em open is to use a drill and drill holes an 1/8th to a 1/4 inch apart in a big circle on the door. Then take a chisel and cut the perforations between the holes. Pop it out like a stamp from a sheet of stamps. You now have access to the locking mechanism. This also allows you to study the workings and learn about safes. Took me less than 10 minutes to get into a safe this way.

[@christripp2828]

those are easy to open with a 9 volt battery. Pry the circuit board out, disconnect the solenoid wires from the board, contact the wires on 9 volt, it will actuate the plunger

[@ashleykassin1372]

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[@PompeyChris71]

I opened my front door one morning to find a safe outside my front gate. It was a metre high and nearly a metre wide. God knows who put it there as it must have weighed a ton. I called the police who had it taken away. They never said where it came from. It hadn't been opened anyway. This reminds me of it.

[@JDAbelRN]

Seems like a very strange case....🎱👽☠💀👻🤔🤔☻🤯🤯👳‍♂️😿

[@richardoconnor7162]

A update is needed here. Did you locate the saftey deposit boxes. Update please

[@paulthorn7543]

I initially thought the ending was hokey, but then when I thought about it for a few seconds, it was precious. I hope they are happy together :)

[@Toontjehoger75]

Who is that man on the photo at 6:08?

[@TheTexastim]

14.52 the bolts are not in the locked position ?

[@movingforwardfco1587]

Sure someone said already. Those slips w safe box, are for the safe boxes. Look into finding owners if no longer w us. You own if no one else has claimed. In most places.

[@Twinkie2210]

So considerate of you to think of the owner of the goods!

[@ThePhilippineWanderingFox]

You're good of finding the owners. God bless you Sir.

[@mihosake7895]

Location safe box, and keys, doesn't that mean there's a safe box some where and one of those key could open them ?

[@blakemoss7305]

Good on ya, Brother... solid karma. I once found a bag with $3000 CASH while backpacking through New Zealand. I tracked the guy down and after returning it to him, a series of fantastic events unfolded.

[@RenoLaringo]

Well, good for you. Same happened to me TWICE in my life and the only "fantastic event" that ever unfolded was a day long at the police office. They wanted to make sure I didn't steal anything in the meanwhile. Never got a single "thank you" from anyone, just nothing but sh***! I swear to God, next time I find something I just keep it for myself... karma is nothin but tinfoil newager horsesh**.

[@kennethkeene4534]

I'm just wondering why you didn't return it before breaking in to it?

[@Kt222dt]

What kind of glasses did you use?

[@KingLoopie1]

Returning stuff to its rightful owner when possible. 👍 That's what treasure seeking is all about! 👌👍

[@joeinkentucky]

FYI, these "safes" are to make the owners feel good. Don't bother to go for the door, because that is the strongest part. Cut the BACK off in about three minutes with a cutting wheel.

[@steveooooo4423]

Good job you made and so nice of you to return what you found, can't believe how many thumbs down you received, world is full of odd people, I've shared you cool vid and subscribed, you rock

[@velvetbrewer1540]

Hope you found the owner. Paperwork is got to be the owner. Good luck.

[@tammycornejo9155]

I love watching your videos. Its always something new and fresh

[@noahnashlee6481]

As you can see there’s 2 METAL RODS for the inner locking machanism?from that gap area u sld pry it open.its more easy and fast.

[@bionicleaz13]

Can you give an update, did you find the owner?

[@goldbunny1973]

You should've just hired a Glaswegian 5yr old they'd get you into a locked safe in no time. Ive seen them watching the Firemen fitting Vandalproof caps on Fire Hydrants; As soon as the van drove off the kid had that cap off and a new 50ft water flume was showering the streets.....

[@jeffinphx517]

I'm wearing the exact same Carhartt cap while watching this video.

[@USMiner]

Have I ever mentioned you have good taste in hats?

[@wyvernwear982]

Ya see why would you wear a hat that admits you're a tool

[@raymondhinsley308]

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[@slayer666790]

With sentry safes, just get a super powerful magnet. Apply magnet to the upper left area of the front of the safe. Move magnet in a circular motion. Should move the restraints inside.

[@joydorsey72]

FYI...Silver with 925 means it is 92.5% pure having the NV stamp inside means it was made in Nevada. Hope this helps in your future endeavors!

[@annmariepelrine9845]

Wow! What a guy to return all of it. Probably sentimental jewelry.

[@billcobbett9259]

Sometimes these things leave the factory with a default code like 0000 or 1234. If the owner hasn't bothered to set a new code, it's worth trying.

[@lyricalcoma1979]

Yeah the plastic stuff is to protect it from fire .For future ref if u hit the top of the safe with a hammer pref a lump hammer while u pull the handle u limit the damage to goods inside and you can open it at same time.

[@chicagodaddy1]

Why did you separate the jewelry from it’s original boxes and throw it on the floor ?

[@katbot2190]

sometimes there is stuff under the ring holder in the jewelry box

[@ivyvelasquez4156]

What name brand was that safe?

[@7391CjmlPlus]

Are you appreciate the jewelry found ?..How much the price ?? Thank you.

[@generosamanansala8668]

I was wondering that safe to whom is that be. my sister safe is missing due to the tornado in Missouri Arkansas. but sadly she died in that tornado and all is belonging are gone.

[@mwametallic7668]

5:36. Thank me later

[@eileencrawford2716]

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[@Beobout6]

Holy crap, 4 free AA batteries! Awesome!

[@aprilspong9637]

Why not angle grind at the back ?

[@dianakissner5947]

By the time you get that open you've earned everything you find in their good luck

[@gloriakoch4242]

LOL Did you try changing the batteries? Did it turn out to be a stolen safe?

[@aidanstraw7749]

Did u check the safe box? At the bank?

[@ilfarmboy]

looked like the pins on the safe door was already into the door

[@JDAbelRN]

Do you mean it was unlocked the whole time?!?!?!😢🎱👽☠💀👻👻😿☻🤯🤯

[@JennieFNP]

Guess that would be a good advertisement for whatever the brand of safe you cracked. It was pretty sturdy!

[@hydrothunder49028]

that ring you thought was broke might have been cut off someone who passed away...so sad...hope you find owner cause they had to cut off my mothers ring

[@keithrose6931]

Why are the door bolts not extended when you opened the safe door ? A bit of a spoof if you ask me !

[@USMiner]

Actually, I just rewatched it, you can see the handle turning as I pry it open (which would not happen if the bolts were retracted and the safe was open). It's because if you look at the prybar, I'm prying right into a bolt on the other side and it's turning the handle almost all the way open, and pulling the bolts further into the door, you can see the handle turn as I pry. That, and those bolts only stick out about 1/4" to begin with, look how shallow the receiver holes are. *Here, I'll even thumbs up your comment, along with my reply it should bring your post to the top of this video. I'm tired of hearing this, I didn't fake shit.

[@miroslavtordaji1675]

how can you forget a safe???was the owner on the run or something?

[@janedoe805]

At *5:37 he finally opens the safe.

[@brendaj9812]

The ring that’s broken is probably a mother’s ring birthstones of children’s month of birthstone

[@larae1956]

What brand of safe was that? I want one!

[@williamwatkins6669]

What was the picture of?

[@roxie1117]

I have this safe. I am so glad it is so hard to break in. 🙂

[@dentaladvice9955]

this bold is open very hardly how many equipment?

[@earthwatcher9261]

Just smash the control panel off - easy. That’s what I did when I lost my keys to my safe. And I have arthritis too. I have exactly the same safe as featured on the video.

[@Vconti52]

The best entry to a safe what you look for is if it’s a ground bolted safe if so diamond blade grinder cut a hole in the bottom(where it’s meant to be bolted down) that’s the most thin metal on said ground.safe if it’s not a very nice expensive safe! Cut Change out a square reach in and pull out the loot just a friendly tip if you ever come across such a safe Cheers, Vincent

[@pussybutt4003]

the way that dude tried busting open that safe was sooo cringey!! Eeek! I felt so embarrassed for him

[@thesecretroman]

Update on whether you found the owner or not?

[@madmann5373]

Izzy, check out the latest comments for this

[@alanestey7252]

thank you i feel the same that guy should of seen if it was worth any thing and if it was take you wife out to a nice restaurant.

[@terrymorrison7263]

Never been able to figure that out why everybody thinks it's easier to go through the door the most secure place go to the bottom cut the steel with an angle grinder 5 inch square hole Each corner with a 20 lb sledge hammer remove broken concrete cut rebar drill a hole feel safe with water your choice cut it open or hit it hard

[@JDAbelRN]

Remember kids,use safety glasses, just like they have in Chemistry class, which you could probably get while chem teacher is sleeping.

[@ragedrephaim5570]

How much for the pics

[@richardmcknight3650]

The NV is what we call the sponsor's mark in the UK & I presume it will be the same with you.

[@winifredscotland8710]

Don't they wear glove?,that safe have a combination pad,why they did try to find the code

[@briananderson3801]

Pop the cover off the handle there is a key lock under it look around on the walls and see if there is a key or take it to a lock smith

[@tez983]

The other pearl earring is likely what fell out when you opened the first jewelry box that had a necklace in it... you can see something fall out.

[@ThuyBui-du3kh]

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[@mrromantimothy]

All you have to do is remove the top of the keypad you could have got into it he didn't have to destroy it

[@portraitcoins3708]

what editing program do you use?

[@USMiner]

Sony Vegas but that may change as it's bugging out on me lately.

[@kush9197]

Its telling you the location of the safety deposot boxes and the keys to them are in the safe.

[@jeaniecarey8089]

.925 means 92.5% silver or sterling, wedding ring is probably a mothers ring. Different colored stones represent her children's birthday months, April is diamond, Sapphire is September

[@adamweston4152]

Those keys you found are possibly safety deposit box keys and the envelopes would have contained them.

[@noahnashlee6481]

Almost forgot,when it’s facing like how it’s facing u??try pry it on the other GAP where it’s beside the knob??ive watched few other videos they all pry tat side near to the knob.its bcoz the inner locking machanism it’s from the hinge side towards straight the knob area.if ur pry where u r now,it takes alot of time.mayb u can’t even open it.bcoz of the metal lock towards the open side.if u pry it at that gap near the knob,it create a bigger gap so the inner metal locking machanism allow the door to swing open 👍🏻☺️

[@Whocares.........]

The safe company would have a code. You should have searched you tube.

[@vivianhok]

Sgradio

[@johnnyappleseed6415]

For as long as it took you to get into that safe, ain't none of your friends going to ask you to be part of a heist. :))

[@ionmcghie3207]

Anything that a person find in a house is yours to keep am I right

[@danieljaworski1294]

Where's the Lock Picking Lawyer when you need him? lol

[@JS-ed2hg]

That's why I don't buy that garbage, the smaller fireproof safes you can get into with a butter knife. You're going to have to have my fingerprint or one the hell of a Saw to cut through bolts as thick as a c battery.

[@jeffhorton258]

This is the safe Jeraldo should have opened. EL capone he made a lot of money and nothing in the safe.

[@meredithheadquist6657]

FYI... There are KZbin video showing how to open those safes in seconds with a strong magnet.

[@timhitch6961]

so I hope you know one of the tips is to use the pry bar near where the lock actually lockes it lol

[@timhitch6961]

like he ripped it off from the hinge and not the side it naturally opens is all... >_

[@The_3_percent]

You can always contact the manufacture and get the default code which I had to do with mine

[@loriannmarsden7783]

I don’t know if this is true, but, I heard if you call the manufacturer they will provide you with a over ride code to open the safe.

[@JDAbelRN]

I believe it is called "reset code" and is ILLEGAL IN MOST STATES, BETTER check with FBI.

[@JDAbelRN]

Again, can't a burglar or a bitch wife call to get youR cash and the video porn husband made with HIS GIRLFRIEND, plus illegal in most States and invasion of husband's sex life privacy.

[@donnalopez7908]

Really odd that there is alot of empty boxes in there, maybe someone stole the jewelry from safe and keep boxes there so that maybe the owner wouldnt notice right off...

[@juangonzophx]

So I'm guessing he didn't know who lived there before?? I haven't seen any videos of him tying to return the stuff.

[@usernotfound3904]

Those coins are probably valuable rare ones i dont know why they would have them otherwise

[@karenolayinka9605]

Did you find the owners

[@williamsmidt1996]

Safe deposit box keys?

[@theHaHa1091]

did you find the owners?

[@israalbarahmeh1298]

The key it coukd be for a safty box in the same bank is in the stubs.

[@ThAt_Kid101]

“This is definitely gold” *throws on cement floor*

[@THEWIELDBOYS8700]

Lol

[@paulwayne3881]

Bryceson Cox nice little ring... Idiot. haha

[@timhitch6961]

did I mention he opens up the box from the hinge side and not the side it naturally opens....and when it was opened the bars from the locking mechanism was not even on....so technically he could have pulled the door or turned the knob on it like my safe.

[@hayligenzler6931]

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[@mynameis9057]

You know sometimes being a nice guy is a truly thankless task. I imagine that conversation with the supposed owner went something like this; so you now know my secret, yes, i am a collector and hoarder of.......you guessed it, empty jewelry boxes! I won't try to deny it, the evidence is clear as day! I'm not proud of it, yet here we are,but I tell you this! To forgo your next question, no, no, it's not for sale, not the whole collection, nor just one box neither am i willing to part it out either! Not one spongy ring holder,not a box top or bottom, nothing is for sale! And now I bid you good day sir, I said good day!!! And that's how I think the exchange really went. Lol! I've seen and heard it all before you know, it's a type of sickness, empty jewelry boxes hoarderitis. It's in all of the new medical journals, papers and dissertations are being published as we speak! Yes,sadly, it's becoming quite the epidemic! And its not just the Beverly Hills jet set either, oh no! It's much more insidious than that! It effects jewelry sales people, jewelers, from high end pieces,to the lowest costume jeweler as well, no one is safe,no one is immune! It can strike anyone, anywhere at anytime! Oh sure,it starts off as a harmless Christmas present, a anniversary gift, an innocent birthday present, but it grows, it gains a rooted foothold! That shiny embossed gold manufacturers printing, the soft felt of the holder,that gentle rattle of a chain inside the box, thats how it starts,but then suddenly, inexplicably, they innocently ask you during Christmas morning as you're unwrapping presents,do you need that old jewelry box your watch just came in? With a catch in their voice they harmlessly state, you're wearing the watch now,clearly you don't need the box now do you? To the common layperson, you'd never detect the insidiousness in such an innocent,harmless request. But to the trained expert, we've seen thia before, the road to ruin! Some have even come to the very end of their poor,tragic,misguided tragic lives from such a depraved fettish! How you ask? By being crushed by the sheer magnitude and weight of a collection grown so out of hand, of control, to be buried under an avalanche of harmless jewelry boxes! Scoff not! We've seen it hundreds of times! And as I've feared, the epidemic is insidiously on the rise once again! To combat this silent killer of the innocent, please crush,stomp and throw away your used jewelry boxes! Because you just never really know, fore the life you save,may be your very own!!! ▪☆☆☆▪

[@danielsqueque4591]

..🦊...finely a recovery agent with a secondary location,....man all these people scratching , and making comments with no idea ,....thank’s for this video ‘,...🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

[@robertgiese4913]

I’m very glad to see how difficult it was to open the safe. I have one!

[@the1spyderryder]

Was that really worth your effort when the company would have given you combination What I want to know... what gave you the brilliant idea to beat and pound on the safe?

[@noahnashlee6481]

Hi there! Well I could try have a crowbar through the gaps on the front where it opens?try get the crowbar in to the gap on the left side where the door swings out??get the crowbar into tat gap and bit by bit pry it open.it works most of the time👍🏻