Fountain Diving for Coins

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Interesting. Surprised he's been allowed to get away with it. I saw a history channel segment about coinstar and how they process all that change. It's amazing, all the good stuff they find.

 

Where do you go? The beach?

 

I alternate between Brighton Beach in Brooklyn NY and a huge park in my Manhattan neighborhood.

 

A SMS set would make sense. No one produces just one coin even if they grabbed the wrong metal sheet

 

Paddy man
Where do you go? The beach?
I alternate between Brighton Beach in Brooklyn NY and a huge park in my Manhattanneighborhood.

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I have always been interested in metal detecting. Do you actually have to get a permit from the city??
Then I noticed that they want to know of all " significant" finds including jewelry.
Hmm too much of a paperwork headache, I mean if one were to follow the many rules and regulations.
Fountain diving, although unlawful on its face, seems like more fun.

 

Would a urinal qualify as a fountain?

 

Many localities and government sites have restrictions on metal detecting. Check before you detect. Even where detecting may not be forbidden, digging may be a big no-no.

I'd think twice about fountain diving. Even if people haven't used it as a toilet or spittoon, rats, pigeons, dogs, etc. probably have.

Cal

 

Very good point,, probably piranha, alligators and Asian snakehead fish could be lurking beneath the lily pads.
But wouldn't a gold sovereign be worth it.
Pay the medical bills anyway.

 

Might cover the funeral, but not the headstone.

Cal

 

Ok sounds like a plan.
Cremation with my coins.
No tombstone

 

I would never ever consider doing this since, draining or not, the bottoms of these things are covered in the stinkiest of scums composed of dead rotting vegetation and bugs.

 

Hmm.... perhaps you've stumbled upon the next great ebay sham:

"Straight from the fountain, to you...."

 

Not a fountain but a Shotoku statue in the garden of a Japanese Buddhist center. Mostly "copper" (1, 2 and 5 cent) coins, but also a few Nordic Gold (10 and 20 ct) pieces there ...



Christian

 

Japanese Buddhist. Hmmm

Was it a nice garden?
Nordic Gold. Did you er um get the coinage.

 

Yep, nice place - part of a Japanese culture center close to where I live. And no, I did not take or add any coins - just found it nice how they were almost carefully placed on and around the statue.

Christian

 

Very nice. I have visited several similar places. The gardens are always beautiful. The people are welcoming.