Even if it's marked, I think putting in a container full of other paperclips would still work if it's a big enough thing that even if they started with it, it would take more than 12 hours to find.
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Yeah, if you already own enough paper clips, it could come down to chance. They might possibly pick up the special paperclip, but they still have to verify them one at a time, so the odds are in your favor.
OP, please edit your title to make it a question.
Oh right, sorry.
Straighten the paperclip and hide it:
Inside a ballpoint pen. In a spool of wire. Shove it into a side of a cardboard box. Drop it down a drain. Taped to the backside of a shelf. Inside the foam of my headphones. inside an extension cord - make sure to not use it afterwards.
Well, you have to show the paperclip for verification after the 12 hours, so your cord is fine again?
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Pop up some of the quarter round behind one of the toilets and drop the paperclip between the flooring and the studs then a quick tap down of the quarter round. With the extra time I might quickly paint a few spots in other rooms to distract them.
I think this could work.
Distraction paint is a nice touch.
Taped to the inside of the blower housing of my furnace.
A pro wouldn't think of that in 12 hours time?
I think I would open an air vent and hide the paper clip inside the vent, with a small piece of duct tape over it. I think it would just look like someone patched a hole in the air duct.