Harvesting coins from fountains.

[Actor]

One idea I had was to go to Vancouver CA, coins are magentic there. And vancouver has a good number of fountains. I was thinking just tie a magnet to a string, and walk by at like 2-3am and toss it in. The fountains with the most money in them are ones in shopping centers or malls. When I was 17 I went to one at a shopping center in the middle of the night and there was a ton of coins in there. They were all like...wedged at the top kinda, I was taking out handfulls, silver ones too, not just pennys. But then I was stopped by security. (didn't get in trouble)

Another idea that I have heard was put a clear net at the bottom, weigh it down inconspicuously with rocks or something.

[Pooka]

I don't think coins are magnetic. You could try dressing up like a mall security guard and take all the coins though.

[Raptor Ribs]

Some canadian coins are magnetic. Not all of them.

I've thought about doing this before too... Except I was like 8 years old at time.

[researchkitty]

nickles, dimes, and quarters are magnetic in Canada. In addition, most of the new pennies are as well.

[mr.blunt]

I once helped my buddy steal $10 in toonies out of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Canada War Museum so we could buy some weed...

[Kazar]

They're coins...
I mean yeah, if you got a lot, i guess...

[Tre!nt]

new question. Why is it illegal to take the coins?

or take every coin individually to the police and say you want them to hold on to it in case the owner comes looking for it

[Wooden Pints]

It would be pretty easy to make a robot/rc thing to collect the coins and would probably easier and more profitable if you did that.

[mr.blunt]

Originally Posted by Wooden Pints

It would be pretty easy to make a robot/rc thing to collect the coins and would probably easier and more profitable if you did that.

Hmm, robot pool cleaner? I have one of these (not the exact model here) and it just drives around and gets everything in the pool. Could work for coins haha

[felonious_monk]

Originally Posted by Hypno

new question. Why is it illegal to take the coins?

or take every coin individually to the police and say you want them to hold on to it in case the owner comes looking for it

Because no one wants junkies/black people ruining the nice look of the fountain

[HAS]

Originally Posted by researchkitty

nickles, dimes, and quarters are magnetic in Canada. In addition, most of the new pennies are as well.

Actually both one and two dollar coins are magnetic as well. All Canadian coins are ferromagnetic, except for old pennies and many non-circulation coins. Technically, only the outer ring of the Toonies is magnetic as it's nickel. Both nickel and steel are magnetic and all modern Canadian circulation coins contain at least one of the two.

[Raptor Ribs]

Originally Posted by Hypno

new question. Why is it illegal to take the coins?

Because their not your coins... Duh.

Once they get throw in the fountain they belong to whoever owns the fountain. Same concept as a bubble gum machine, except instead of getting gum for the money the person is supposed to get good luck.

[Ian Huntley]

you wanna risk jail for stealing a couple of pennies out of one fountain...then what??you wanna move onto the next big fountain or sumat??? hahaha...the notorious penny thief...movin from fountain to fountain...


if your idea goes beyond making enough money to buy a packet of fags...good on ye

OP(the notorious)
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[pill popper]

This has to be one of the lamest things I have ever heard

Also most of the fountain have cameras on them anyway and they are watched

You would risk a theft charge for ten bucks

[researchkitty]

I question the illegality of this too. If some idiot throws a coin on the ground, you may pick it up. What's different from a fountain too? Finders keepers! Guess the law disagrees with me on this one.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/WaterCoole...ory?id=9730160 That same story is the top 10 results on google, so I guess folks dont get caught too much. This guy was 47 years old and took $33. lol....

[pimpstrocity]

Too much effort for too little yeild. Move along kid.

[Beam_Me_Up_Scotty]

There used to do this ALL the time at the fountain near my house. Don't listen to these idiots, you can get a nice chunk of change for next to no work. Unless you're in a mall it's highly unlikely these fountains have cameras centered at them, so don't listen to idiots like Pill Popper who don't know what they're talking about but decide to post anyway.

Go out there with a magnet on a piece of string and laugh while you collect $30 in toonies, loonies and quarters in a few short minutes while these guys sit there flipping burgers for minimum wage.

[Ian Huntley]

Originally Posted by Beam_Me_Up_Scotty

There used to do this ALL the time at the fountain near my house. Don't listen to these idiots, you can get a nice chunk of change for next to no work. Unless you're in a mall it's highly unlikely these fountains have cameras centered at them, so don't listen to idiots like Pill Popper who don't know what they're talking about but decide to post anyway.

Go out there with a magnet on a piece of string and laugh while you collect $30 in toonies, loonies and quarters in a few short minutes while these guys sit there flipping burgers for minimum wage.

they flip burgers everyday mate...how many fountains have you got to rob to be a millionaire

wait... let me check,$30 max(if ye lucky) per fountain=33333 fountains...goodluck

but...a hundred grand would suffice wouldn't it?? so divide the total by ten and you would need 3333 fountains... rob one fountain per day for ten years and you should have 100grand...one problem though...how many fountains in your city??5,6??

moral of the story...waste of time

[Beam_Me_Up_Scotty]

Originally Posted by KAFFER

they flip burgers everyday mate...how many fountains have you got to rob to be a millionaire

wait... let me check,$30 max(if ye lucky) per fountain=33333 fountains...goodluck

Your argument is invalid for several reasons:

1) Many burger flippers do not work daily.
2) Very few, if any people at all, become millionaires directly as a result of low paying part time work.

And most importantly:

3) $30/hr>$10/hr

[Ian Huntley]

Originally Posted by Beam_Me_Up_Scotty

Your argument is invalid for several reasons:

1) Many burger flippers do not work daily.
2) Very few, if any people at all, become millionaires directly as a result of low paying part time work.

And most importantly:

3) $30/hr>$10/hr

what you on zoklet for then??? to make peanuts?? unfortunately, zoklet doesnt cater for vagabonds, or does it

[Beam_Me_Up_Scotty]

Originally Posted by KAFFER

what you on zoklet for then??? to make peanuts?? unfortunately, zoklet doesnt cater for vagabonds, or does it

[Ian Huntley]

Originally Posted by Beam_Me_Up_Scotty

wow 30 bucks bru..nice..thats snacks for my dog man...

[NamelessNom4d]

[Mor3BL7]

someone please thank this post, i'm a lil low.

[unstableasatable]

try it with a magnet, tell us how much you make then asess if its worth it after that.
or you could skim off some coins before its 3/4 full so they wouldnt notice themm all gone n stuff

[Beam_Me_Up_Scotty]

Originally Posted by KAFFER

wow 30 bucks bru..nice..thats snacks for my dog man...

Yeah, it'd only take you 3 hours at Mcdonalds to make the same.

Wait, can't forget about taxes.

[Raptor Ribs]

No one listen to pill popper, hes an idiot. I've never seen a fountain with a camera and I've been to fucking Rome. You will most likely get away Scott free from robbing the fountain... Its just a lot of work for next to no pay off.

Originally Posted by researchkitty

I question the illegality of this too. If some idiot throws a coin on the ground, you may pick it up. What's different from a fountain too? Finders keepers! Guess the law disagrees with me on this one.

Fucking idiot. How much do you pay to upkeep the ground? Nothing. Someone paid thousands of dollars to build the fountain, and they pay to have it maintained. Its their property. Thats like throwing your change into the sun roof of someones car and than acting confused when you get arrested for breaking into the car to get your change back. Jesus christ you are retarded.

[Method of Madness]

Why fountains?

Haven't you ever watched the gonnies?

WISHING WELLS!

[Ian Huntley]

the plotting and pinching of coins from fountains is what you do with your lil sister when youre about 5 years old...a good stepping stone though

otherwise...fail

[Beam_Me_Up_Scotty]

Originally Posted by KAFFER

the plotting and pinching of coins from fountains is what you do with your lil sister when youre about 5 years old...a good stepping stone though

otherwise...fail

I'd much rather do that for 10 minutes than work for 4 hours to earn the same amount of money.

By the way, your unfunny posts aren't funny.

[chuckNrambo]

LOL, The Goonies.

And OP, get a job you bum.

[aZerOne]

RC RObots and shit? Wtf would make it so much fucking harder for? Do you fuckin build a robot to go and pick up food off the shelf for you when you go shopping? They have these extend-able sticks with a magnet on the end - I seen one for $9 , you could surley make your money back by the end of 1 fountain.

[aquabania]

Originally Posted by Azerone

Do you fuckin build a robot to go and pick up food off the shelf for you when you go shopping?

hell yeah nigga

[Ian Huntley]

Originally Posted by KAFFER

the plotting and pinching of coins from fountains is what you do with your lil sister when youre about 5 years old...a good stepping stone though

otherwise...fail

Ditto myself

[-SpectraL]

Back in my 20's, I was dying for a cigarette once, and I ended up getting enough coins for a whole pack out of this dinky fountain near a church. It was great. I guess their wishes never ended up coming true because of the renegged contributions, but I didn't really give a fuck at the time.

[Beam_Me_Up_Scotty]

Originally Posted by -SpectraL

Back in my 20's, I was dying for a cigarette once, and I ended up getting enough coins for a whole pack out of this dinky fountain near a church. It was great. I guess their wishes never ended up coming true because of the renegged contributions, but I didn't really give a fuck at the time.

I never knew you were such a bad ass Spectral.