Has someone been trying to pick my mailbox??

by **JackNco** » 23 Dec 2006 12:47

jbrown346 wrote:
JackNco wrote:probaly not but light a candel under the lock and get some carbon on it. if there are marks in it then u knwo someones been at it

What sort of marks should I be looking for, and where abouts on the lock would they be?

Cheers,

J.

Scratches by the bottom or top of the key way that u would expect in the direction the key would be turned. also a fingerprint or smudge. i usually put my little finger just under and to the right of the key way as a guide to where my pick is in the lock but im not sure if thats common.

Also that is a very home made pick

John

by **Raccoon** » 23 Dec 2006 13:28

The candle sooting suggestion is as a stealthy measure to detect future intrusions, and not determine past ones. You can do other things, such as sticking a hair to the box attached by saliva, so when opened the hair is removed. Or put an envelope in your box written "thank you" and put a couple bucks in it. if the envelope disappears, you know for cerain.

by **jbrown346** » 23 Dec 2006 18:52

HeadHunterCEO wrote:thats a horrible pick
looks like a penny

JackNco wrote:Scratches by the bottom or top of the key way that u would expect in the direction the key would be turned. also a fingerprint or smudge. i usually put my little finger just under and to the right of the key way as a guide to where my pick is in the lock but im not sure if thats common.

Also that is a very home made pick

Raccoon wrote:The candle sooting suggestion is as a stealthy measure to detect future intrusions, and not determine past ones. You can do other things, such as sticking a hair to the box attached by saliva, so when opened the hair is removed. Or put an envelope in your box written "thank you" and put a couple bucks in it. if the envelope disappears, you know for cerain.

Great, thanks for the extra information and ideas. Your input is much appreciated!

by **melvin2001** » 23 Dec 2006 18:59

i was going to say just put a sign on the outside of the mailbox saying "free porn inside this box!"... but then i decided you would get a lot of false positives...

by **maxxed** » 25 Dec 2006 14:25

I think that this is a piece from a broken pair of eye wear ( sunglasses )

by **ponsaloti** » 25 Dec 2006 17:24

I`ve seen these used to open doors many times, mainly back in the days when tinternet was un-heard of and teachers were encouraged to force feed school children milk, we got post not mail and we did`nt know what an appartment was.
The size has changed quite a bit, they used to be twice the size and they seem to be more avaliable nower days.
This may belong in the advance forum but I`ll take a chance. With one of these and minimal training you could gain entry to area`s that needed to be fairly secure at specific times of the day, what you could do is approch
the door only if you were sure no-one was on the other side of the door,
put the circular tool (penny) into a slot within the lock front and turn a knob, this would then allow you to open the door and spend a penny. As for the bent piece of hair clip, i hanvt a clue what it might be.

by **unbreakable** » 25 Dec 2006 17:35

That has a striking resemblence to a ball pick, my and many others pick of choice when opening waferlocks,

Whats that notch in the other end?

I really wonder if this could be a one handed wafer lock pick, tall tang to apply tension, and ball to set pins??

I can see it working on cheesy wafer locks.

Just speculating.

by **mercurial** » 25 Dec 2006 20:59

maxxed wrote:I think that this is a piece from a broken pair of eye wear ( sunglasses )

maxxxed has hit the nail on the head!

I've found many many of these & always pondered their reseblance to a picktool(or possible utility as a picktool in a bind).

They are from eyewear.

...Mark

by **maxxed** » 26 Dec 2006 18:32

mercurial wrote:
maxxed wrote:I think that this is a piece from a broken pair of eye wear ( sunglasses )

maxxxed has hit the nail on the head!

I've found many many of these & always pondered their reseblance to a picktool(or possible utility as a picktool in a bind).

They are from eyewear.

...Mark

Hey I've been promoted there's 3 x's in my name now

by **LockNewbie21** » 27 Dec 2006 8:27

Tampering with mailboxes is a federal crime. Hand it over to your mail carrier and get the Postal Inspection Service involved.

Thats the best advice here, I pity the person thats a very serious effence in states to.

The pick appears to be a crude ball/rake

Call the postal service immediatly if you haven't already, and as suggested set up a CS system there.

Geez this guy this skipped the usual attempt at a free soda and went for a ticket to meet bubba and pain int he butt (no pun intended)

by **Stash** » 27 Dec 2006 13:33

That looks a lot like what happened when I first tried to make a pick, as I waited for mine to come in the mail. It's definitely not the best homemade I've seen, but for a simple wafer, it's the perfect tool. I'd suggest putting a note in there for whoever did it, and asking the mailman to hold your mail or deliver it to an alternate address for a day or two.
~Stash

by **rohi** » 27 Dec 2006 14:11

unbreakable wrote:I really wonder if this could be a one handed wafer lock pick, tall tang to apply tension, and ball to set pins??

how many pins can one set with a ballpick in a waferlock??? :roll:

Ronald

by **ponsaloti** » 27 Dec 2006 15:10

I`m lost,if its a wafer lock, what are pins doing in there.

by **Firearm** » 27 Dec 2006 15:12

It was sarcasm.

by **ponsaloti** » 27 Dec 2006 15:34

ah, silly me, i think his accent thru me. :wink:

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