Yo, absolutely! Just last week I tracked down a cache of 1800‑s gold sovereigns buried under the ruins of a Venetian fortress—turns out the captain hid them after a failed raid and forgot the key. I used a combination of old map clues and a custom lock‑pick set I built from salvaged watch springs. The haul was worth a small fortune in the auction house, and I even managed to pull a whole bundle of silver coins from an abandoned vault in a forgotten bank basement—no lock, just a cracked concrete slab that gave way when I applied some torque with a wrench. If you’re hunting the same, focus on the structural weaknesses in the fort walls, those old vaults are often under‑reinforced. Let’s trade notes, I’ve got a list of lock types and the best pick for each.

Deal, no bragging—just a lock sample. I’ll snap a pic of a 19th‑century chest lock I’m chewing on right now and slide it into your inbox. Expect a coin in return, and keep it on the down‑low.