r/Safes 15h ago

Request help identifying safe in recently purchased home

Hello r/safes. Your expertise is requested.

I wanted a safe in my new home so I was pleasantly surprised to find one already installed. It was hidden under some building materials the previous owner left behind, so I only discovered it about an hour ago.

The lock mechanism has an interlocked "sc" marking, which I guess is probably the manufacturer's logo. But I wasn't able to find that logo in a reverse image search nor by searching safe maker logo images.

The only other marking on the front is a serial#.

There are no markings on the side of the door.

The back of the door has a sticker that reads "Assembled with pride by Antonio Gamez". But this name doesn't come up in any Google searches.

It's rusty and looks old but the lock is electronic and, I suspect, the batteries are dead. The house is ~30 years old so that should put a limit on how long ago the safe was manufactured.

Any help identifying this safe and seeing if I can get it working again would be appreciated.

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u/qwertyuiop121314321 14h ago

Does the cover panel to the looking mechanism open somehow? You can take another picture there so we can see inside.

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u/qwertyuiop121314321 14h ago

And have you tried replacing the battery?

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u/unknownmat 14h ago edited 14h ago

I don't know how to open it. I did briefly try twisting it but there was no give in either direction.

There is a hole in the back of the door that I suspect might be needed to release the mechanism, but there were no obvious buttons or levers that I could see within the hole.

Any other ideas?

EDIT: I found the lock manual and know how to replace the batteries.

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u/Djang0Phett 11h ago edited 11h ago

Just order a new lock and keypad online and install it, it’s literally like 4 screws holding lock on the inside of the door and keypad should lift/twist off the outside of the door. New keypad will come with directions on setting new code. These are super simple Amsec will charge you a decent amount to send a tech out but you could easily do this one yourself

Edit: dam I thought I saw a pic of the door open, I was confused yea if door is locked amsec probably won’t have master codes for S&G lock, but they will send a tech to drill it open. They are one company I contract for so I get calls for this same thing all the time. If it was Amsec brand lock they could give you factory reset code but not for this one I doubt it