On previous trips I have worn a money belt inside my pants with no problems from airport scanners. Has anyone done this with the new x-ray scanners at the airports? If so, how did it go?

I have been thru one of the scanners once when I was traveling on business. They make you take everything out of your pockets so I doubt they would allow you to wear the money belt.

they usually make you take your belt off. just roll it up tight so it isn't obvious what it is. It's the way i've gone for a long time

butchloc;
What i'm refering to is a under clothing money belt. Not the type that holds your pants up?
Which one are you refering to?

holds my pants up

They'll see it with a full body scanner and make you take it off, anyway, and might even react angrily to your attempt to slide through. Many of these guys are nothing more than government thugs. Bear that in mind.

I had forgotten about my neck pouch (same as the under clothing money belt you're talking about) and went thru the scanner at ATL with it still on under my shirt. They stopped me and made me take that off. I would assume they'll do the same with your money belt.

Most airport scanners will pick it up. Especially the full body scanners. They picked up a copy of my boarding pass folded up in by shirt pocket and the double pockets in my cargo shorts caused a pat-down on my last trip. Nothing like making it to second base with a total stranger to start a trip out with.

Naive question: why are so many people wearing money belts? Don't want the airport people finding the cash ? or wearing it during the safari?

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Naive question: why are so many people wearing money belts?

On a African hunt you wire over a certain amount of deposit money. Then after or during the hunt when it's time to settle up you may have added a extra animal or whatever. This is when you need the extra money. Or you may end up sending a minimum deposit and need to pay remainder later. Alot of places in Africa do not take Personal checks, moneyorders, travlers checks, or credit cards. Hope this helps.

Thats what i thought. I personally have mostly agreed to do wires after the hunt.
So, people are walking around the velt with money belts full of cash?

Some might be. I have my PH lock it and my passport and stuff in his safe while we are hunting. I will be looking into a after hunt wire transfer.

AFA securing money in camp or anywhere you won't be "sitting" on it, assuming there is no safe, I find locking it in my tuffpak, along with passport(s), credit cards, etc, is a very good solution. Anything is possible but it's unlikely the camp help will walk off with your gun case. Of course, the first rule of security is keeping your mouth shut and not acting like or letting anyone know you have anything of value you're worried about.

I just tape mine to my prosthetic leg

Put a couple of G in each pocket of your britches and shirt.

Went thru a full body scan in Amsterdam and forgot about my under the shirt neck pouch. It showed up and all I had to do was remove it, put it into the tray and go thru the scan again.

MauserK98

I just got back from 3 weeks in Zambia and had a similar question about what other people do with cash/passports, etc. while actually hunting. I took about $5K over in cash. In the past I have always locked my passports and cash in my Tuffpak and left my Tuffpak in my tent/chalet/room, whatever, or in some cases I've stayed in camps where there was a safe available and have left it there.

But this time I left the Tuffpak in Lusaka to save weight on the charter flight and just brought the rifles in their softcases. I got to camp and now I've got all this cash and my passports and stuff and no safe and no locking gun case.

I wound up leaving it all in a duffel bag with one of those little TSA locks on it, but it made me wonder what other people do. If I came back to camp found someone had stolen my duffel or my passports while I was out hunting and that everyone else always just keeps that stuff on their person in that situation, I would have felt really dumb. I suspect there's little risk of theft in a remote safari camp, but where we were there were lots of little villages and people all over the place riding bikes, taking cotton to market, etc. There were probably two dozen guys working in the camp, and even though I felt safe and would have been surprised if anything were taken, it certainly could happen.

Under those conditions, I'd just carry it with me.

In SA I believe the PH must have a Safe to hold the Firearms? Not sure where I heard that?