Even cash is suspect. It could be counterfeited or money from the DB Cooper
hijack that the FBI will confiscate.
Best solution is to keep collecting the stuff and fill the barn with it.
NEVER SELL ANYTHING. Or, on the rare occasion you have something small and
valuable, trade it for something large and heavy.
I have never seen a forged large amplifier. I have seen a wonderful
transformer that turned out to be made of balsa wood painted black, but it
weighed about a pound. If the unit is heavy though, it is probably real. I
do have a forged Collins exciter and built a forged Ameco AC-1, but
otherwise, what you can lift is what you get.
And the wonderful thing about just having a collection of heavy things is
that all the robbers will steal is the beer in the refrigerator. Of course,
if you have only cheap beer in the refrigerator, they will not even take
that.
Among AMPS members, heavy transformers are a medium of exchange, although
beware of departed vacuums in variables and gassy tubes. Bring you high pot
tester with you if you are travelling.
And remember, if it looks like a Leica but says FED on it, beware.
73, Colin K7FM
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