I want to transport a fairly large amount of raw gold within the borders of
the US on an airliner. I wrote to TSA and specifically asked them about
precious metals, and they sent me the info on currency restrictions. I went
to the customs website, but it isn't working.

It's scary to think who's driving this bus.

Does anyone have any personal knowledge, info, or experience in transporting
more than $10k worth of precious metals through TSA, and customs, although
this would be a domestic flight?

Steve

"Steve B" wrote in message
...
I want to transport a fairly large amount of raw gold within the
borders of the US on an airliner. I wrote to TSA and specifically
asked them about precious metals, and they sent me the info on
currency restrictions. I went to the customs website, but it isn't
working.

It's scary to think who's driving this bus.

Does anyone have any personal knowledge, info, or experience in
transporting more than $10k worth of precious metals through TSA,
and customs, although this would be a domestic flight?

Steve

I cast it into a bird statue, painted it black and declared it as art.

D. Hammett

On Sun, 13 May 2012 16:32:56 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:


"Steve B" wrote in message
...

Does anyone have any personal knowledge, info, or experience in
transporting more than $10k worth of precious metals through TSA,
and customs, although this would be a domestic flight?

Steve

I cast it into a bird statue, painted it black and declared it as art.

D. Hammett

Whatever you do don't paint yourself with it. Ask me how I know.

Jill Masterson

On 5/13/2012 3:14 PM, Steve B wrote:
....

Does anyone have any personal knowledge, info, or experience in transporting
more than $10k worth of precious metals through TSA, and customs, although
this would be a domestic flight?
....

Certainly not I but I'd not even consider considering it in the current
environment. I'd use one of the for hire courier services and insure
the heck out of it.

--

"dpb" wrote in message
...
On 5/13/2012 3:14 PM, Steve B wrote:
...

Does anyone have any personal knowledge, info, or experience in
transporting
more than $10k worth of precious metals through TSA, and customs,
although
this would be a domestic flight?
...

Certainly not I but I'd not even consider considering it in the
current environment. I'd use one of the for hire courier services
and insure the heck out of it.

Use it to buy an airplane and fly it empty. They'll never suspect a
thing.

Best advice I've heard, in ages.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"dpb" wrote in message ...

Does anyone have any personal knowledge,
info, or experience in transporting
more than $10k worth of precious metals
through TSA, and customs, although
this would be a domestic flight?
....

Certainly not I but I'd not even consider considering
it in the current environment. I'd use one of the for
hire courier services and insure the heck out of it.

--

On 2012-05-13, dpb wrote:
On 5/13/2012 3:14 PM, Steve B wrote:
...

Does anyone have any personal knowledge, info, or experience in transporting
more than $10k worth of precious metals through TSA, and customs, although
this would be a domestic flight?
...

Certainly not I but I'd not even consider considering it in the current
environment. I'd use one of the for hire courier services and insure
the heck out of it.

--

What do those couries services do, walk with the gold all the way?

Or do they also fly?

i

Ignoramus6213 wrote:
On 2012-05-13, wrote:
On 5/13/2012 3:14 PM, Steve B wrote:
...

Does anyone have any personal knowledge, info, or experience in transporting
more than $10k worth of precious metals through TSA, and customs, although
this would be a domestic flight?
...

Certainly not I but I'd not even consider considering it in the current
environment. I'd use one of the for hire courier services and insure
the heck out of it.

--

What do those couries services do, walk with the gold all the way?

Or do they also fly?

They probably just mail it.

http://postalmuseum.si.edu/museum/1d...ondwrapper.jpg

--Winston

Winston on Sun, 13 May 2012 18:00:04 -0700
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
Ignoramus6213 wrote:
On 2012-05-13, wrote:
On 5/13/2012 3:14 PM, Steve B wrote:
...

Does anyone have any personal knowledge, info, or experience in transporting
more than $10k worth of precious metals through TSA, and customs, although
this would be a domestic flight?
...

Certainly not I but I'd not even consider considering it in the current
environment. I'd use one of the for hire courier services and insure
the heck out of it.

--

What do those couries services do, walk with the gold all the way?

Or do they also fly?

They probably just mail it.

http://postalmuseum.si.edu/museum/1d...ondwrapper.jpg

I suspect the couriers have their own arrangements.

tschus
pyotr
--
pyotr
Go not to the Net for answers, for it will tell you Yes and no. And
you are a bloody fool, only an ignorant cretin would even ask the
question, forty two, 47, the second door, and how many blonde lawyers
does it take to change a lightbulb.

Does anyone have any personal knowledge, info, or experience in transporting
more than $10k worth of precious metals through TSA, and customs, although
this would be a domestic flight?
...
Many years ago when I still had money to invest, I bought $10,000 in
gold coins. They were mailed to me at a post office where I picked
them up. I was impressed at the time by how little it cost to make
the delivery. I mailed the coins to a buyer at a later date and was
very impressed by the cost of mailing and insuring the coins. The
company that shipped the coins to me obviously had a blanket policy to
cover any lost packages they mailed.

Send your valuables by mail, disclose the contents to the post office,
and pay for full insurance coverage.

On 5/13/2012 7:35 PM, Ignoramus6213 wrote:
....

What do those couries services do, walk with the gold all the way?

Or do they also fly?

They're set up w/ the security and processes to deal w/ it and not have
the potential questions source/destination that can arise w/ individual.

Probably worse on retrospect w/ large currency stashes than w/ the metal
altho even there w/ the problems of laundering, terrorism channels and
all it just seems terribly risky that some over-zealous TSA twerp could
decide you're a threat.

TSA indicates "no problem, just tell us" but I'm not that trusting of
good judgment by a random employee; witness the foolishness of the 4-yr
old recently.

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/editorial_1847.shtm

--

What might that be? Was the kid foolish, or the TSA
agent?

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"dpb" wrote in message ...

TSA indicates "no problem, just tell us" but I'm not that
trusting of good judgment by a random employee;
witness the foolishness of the 4-yr old recently.

On 5/14/2012 10:14 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
What might that be? Was the kid foolish, or the TSA
agent?
....

How many wise 4-yr olds are there?

DAGS "TSA, Wichita, 4-yr old"

--

What do those couries services do, walk with the gold all the way?

Or do they also fly?

i

Saw a program one time about them. Seems like quite a high dollar
occupation, and one with long hours, considering intercontinental travel.
On the program I saw, they have a network of hitching rides on private
corporate jets at times because their clients have "pull", or just that the
jet would like a little something towards sharing the fuel.

Steve