Bury 'Em Tube Model 4S

This 4-inch I.D. model is ideal for off-site burial of gold, silver, or other valuables that don't take up much room. If you keep your gold in a bank safety deposit box, it can be confiscated by the government just like Franklin D. Roosevelt did in 1933. (Actually it was a forced "turn-in" with nominal compensation and criminal penalties for noncompliance.)  If you store much gold in your home safe, you may come home someday to find the entire safe gone, floor bolts and all, and your financial protection will be wiped out. Think about how multi-ton logs are hauled out of the woods.  A stong cable wrapped around your safe and pulled by a heavy winch can yank it right through the walls, leaving a gaping hole in your house.  When times get desperate, thieves get bold.

  
The first use of this size BURY 'EM! tube was for burying gold and silver off site as a precaution against theft or confiscation in case Americans were once more forbidden to own gold.  Only the most sheep-like Americans would comply with such an outrage.  Having your treasure out of government's reach is the safe way to protect it as we enter uncertain times.

The 4S model BURY 'EM! tube is also suitable for establishing a chain of small survival caches laid out every 20 miles or so along a predetermined escape route in case you have to flee your home on foot and head for the safety of the high country. These tubes can hold a couple days' protein/energy bar supply along with some cash, first aid materials, fresh socks, LED flashlight, or a bottle of water.  Or you can bury two next to each other.  Even three of these tubes would be less expensive than any of our 6-inch diameter models, so if you are burying small items, this is your best option.

  
  
 
The BE-4S tube has an interior 11.5" x 4" and  can hold 2.5 quarts of fluid or a small off-site survival cache you can access if your home position is compromised. It has a shipping weight of 5 lbs. This one held folding money, silver coins, two calibers of ammunition, ready-to eat energy food, toilet tissue, pain and caffeine tablets, large Band-aids, Neosporin packets, a Bic lighter, 100% DEET spray repellent, a lightweight rain poncho, waterproof tube of waterproof strike-anywhere matches, fire-starter sticks, an LED cap light, a folding knife, and a toothbrush.

  
  
We found that a cardboard tube of raisins will fit neatly into this tube model if the plastic cap is removed. Raisins are a good energy food.  What else could you keep safely buried for a time when it will be needed?

BURY 'EM! 4S  tube kit includes:
1 pressure-tested 4-inch diameter PVC tube
1 4-inch exandable plug to seal opening
1  7.0-mil Mylar bag 10" x 18"
3 cloth drawstring bags 6" x 10"
1 sealed bag Hot-Hands O2 absorber
    (Open only at last moment.)
1 alcohol cleaning pad
1 instruction sheet

Tools needed
   non-stick-surfaced clothes iron
   broomstick or thick dowel
   pliers
   scissors
   vacuum cleaner
   plastic 5-gallon bucket
   tarps or sheets of heavy-gauge plastic
   shovel, hatchet for roots, other digging tools

A heavy-duty, highly impermeable 10" x 20" Mylar bag is provided for a heat-sealable tube liner.  The width is considerably more than needed so you will need to curl it lengthwise into a C shape, then open it from the middle of the C so it doubles back on itself.

    
    
   
You can see how the too-wide bag, once opened, doubles back on itself inside the BURY 'EM! tube.

When you have it fully loaded, including the O2 absorbers (one or two packets will be plenty) you will have to flatten out the open end of the bag in order to seal it shut with your clothes iron.  The best way to do this is to pull the loaded bag partway out of the tube, suck the air out of it with your vacuum cleaner, and heat-seal it as close to the contents as you can. Then you can stuff it back into the tube.

  
  
Once the Mylar bag has been heat-sealed with O2 packets inside, insert the expandable plug and tighten by hand. Unless you have very strong, tough hands you should tighten it further with a wrench or a pair of pliers.  Beware of overtightening though since the reinforced plastic plug parts could crack.

Oxygen absorbers would certainly not be necessary for burying gold coins, and most people do not keep non-collector-grade silver away from oxygen.  We have included the absorbers in case you wish to include anything that might oxidize or possibly contain tiny insect pests.  We have not found a source for pouches of just a few packets each so we buy the least expensive pouches we can find, realizing that only a few are needed.  If you have room in the tube, there is no harm in emptying the entire pouch into it. 

When it comes time to bury your BE-4S tube you should follow the same general procedures and precautions recommended for our larger models.