Breaking into locked antique safe! What's inside???

Watch as I cut into an antique safe purchased from an online auction. Could there be treasure inside? Hint: it's not empty!!!

[safecrac]

I'm a real safecracker. Been doing it for 35 years. Such a sad thing to see someone destroy a nice piece of history. All for show.
For a real safecracker it could have been opened by a technique called manipulation or at least with a 1/'8" hole. Then a tiny repair and you could still use it. This is one of those "hold my beer" moments.

[thomasloanwolf]

well congrats you just destroyed a$300 safe!! How do I know this cause I had one exactly like that one and sold it for that price. in good working condition it worth about $600-$700 retail. you should have waited and pay a lock smith to open it with much less damage

[herbertratcliffe]

so sad to see that safe damaged so badly. the Locksmith would have opened it with only a 1/4 inch to 5/16 hole and repair would have been silly easy. I have worked for 27 years as a locksmith / safe tech. this seriously hurts to watch.

[mohinderkaur]

could have just asked Lockpicking lawyer to open it in a second without inhaling asbestos!

[nitrojunkie]

Reminds me of when Geraldo Rivera opened Capone's vault.

[squamishhopeful]

I have never seen a man more accomplished with his hands on the tools. There were times that I thought "will this work, hmmm". I was in construction for 10 yrs., and loved it. I really loved your video. You kept my attention, and your voice is easy to listen too.

[plarte]

As a locksmith, going through the front door on that particular safe would have been much easier, and also give you access to any other compartments you may have missed on the other side of that dividing wall.

The fire retarding material used within the safe walls is called, "gypsum". Though it's thicker, and lacks the paper, it's very similar to drywall.

[joesmucker]

Sometimes the safe is more valuable than the contents. Case in point I had a friend that destroyed a safe to see whats inside only to find out at a later date the safe was valued at 50, 000 dollars as it was quite a old valuable collectible.

[ocsrc]

With the serial number, you can get the combination list.
These safes had a list of about 100 combinations that were used when they were manufactured

The lists may even be online.

Rather than wreck it

Most people would not know how to change the combination and would not pay for it, so it most likely has the original factory combination

[mike]

Might be interesting to find out if that old concrete had asbestos in it for the fire retardant... a little late now but just for your future health, it would be good to know. Good luck.

[johnzeszut]

The Property Crimes unit was charged with the responsibility of opening safes that were found and locked. Usually a locksmith was contracted. I only observed two opened. The first was filled with dirty water and the second had a 1958 ticket to a Chicago White Sox ball game.

[daved]

Now that the safe is completely trashed. I would have paid the $250 bucks. Could have sold the safe for at least $500.00. you've got a boat anchor now. Thanks for the show though👍😊

[wescornelius]

Next time please wear a hepa filtered mask. Old
stuff tends to be made with asbestos materials for their thermal insulating properties
sometimes its mixed with cement. Good Vid!

[M.Halawi]

It's unfortunate that you had to cut open a very well made fireproof safe like this.
I think if you try to manipulate the dial with the right tools you can at least have a 50/50chance to open it . It might take a whole week , but in my opinion it's worth the try . Because well made classic safes could increase in value just like classic cars .
Btw I'm a professional locksmith and just subscribed to your interesting channel.

[number]

Hope there isn't a market for old safes. Would be a real bummer if the safe itself was worth more than the contents.

[saldun]

Great ability to be able to the heart beat uncovering what could be in there. Also the concept for furniture or a conversation piece. You will profit i am confident. Onward 🌈

[Dragmaster]

Just about killed me watching you destroy that safe!

[pagedeveloper]

I can not believe that this old safe was destroyed like this. Things are not make like this any longer, so if everyone destroys them. They will all at some point just disappear, and the next generations will never get to know what was done back in the time of all of their grandparents. I bet that if you would have opened it by a locksmith, that you could have had the combo changed, and sold it for about 500 easy. An you only called one locksmith, that something that you should have called more then one. I had a safe that I could not get open, and I called three or four and the price of opening had a wide range.

[michaelhayes]

Well built safe better than mine I would have call the locksmith in then you have the combination

[mrglock]

Should have paid a locksmith, that's what I did and they even made it to where I can use the combo to open it. Now it is useful 👍