$110 million lost down the back of the sofa

[jeff of pa]

Coins lost down the back of couches and rubbish dumps are costing the Royal Australian Mint $110 million to replace.

The Mint makes 255 million coins a year, which make up for lost currency
There are 5 billion coins in circulation across the nation
Royal Australian Mint CEO also revealed it costs 6c to produce a 5c coin
A proposal has been submitted to review the range of coins minted

Read more: Australian Mint reveals 5c coin costs 6c to produce | Mail Online

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[huntsman53]

Coins lost down the back of couches and rubbish dumps are costing the Royal Australian Mint $110 million to replace.

The Mint makes 255 million coins a year, which make up for lost currency
There are 5 billion coins in circulation across the nation
Royal Australian Mint CEO also revealed it costs 6c to produce a 5c coin
A proposal has been submitted to review the range of coins minted

Read more: Australian Mint reveals 5c coin costs 6c to produce | Mail Online

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After that news broke, it looks like Minelab will have a new metal detector in the works! Maybe it will be a Minelab TD 9000, TD for Trash Dump. Hopefully it will be more in the low to mid range priced category, seeing that users will be up to their' knees or waist in everybody else's crap to try to find all this lost coinage!


Frank

 

[cudamark]

Hey, maybe the Hoffman's will come up with a trash trommel to mine some dumps! There's bound to be some way for them to screw that up too!

 

[el padron]

After that news broke, it looks like Minelab will have a new metal detector in the works! Maybe it will be a Minelab TD 9000, TD for Trash Dump. Hopefully it will be more in the low to mid range priced category, seeing that users will be up to their' knees or waist in everybody else's crap to try to find all this lost coinage!


Frank

Funny guy…. the trashdump9000, their nomenclature for internal purposes is the margin4000…...
Were you describing the detector itself or its capabilities?

 

[huntsman53]

Funny guy…. the trashdump9000, their nomenclature for internal purposes is the margin4000…...
Were you describing the detector itself or its capabilities?

A metal detector made specifically for searching for coins in trash dumps. You sure don't want a metal detector that will signal on poopy diapers like hot rocks because the poop was full of Iron!


Frank

 

[el padron]

Hey, maybe the Hoffman's will come up with a trash trommel to mine some dumps! There's bound to be some way for them to screw that up too!

There is a special trash dump accessory package which features the specialized trash dump coil, a counterfeit bag of narco cash complete with bloodstain and certificate of authenticity, a plastic shovel and a sample can of lysol. Its currently on special for an additional $989.00 US.

 

[: Michael-Robert.]

lol...all you need is a match. Set the dump of fire and pick up the coins afterwards. Then recycle all the metal to Minelab. Ha

 

[huntsman53]

lol...all you need is a match. Set the dump of fire and pick up the coins afterwards. Then recycle all the metal to Minelab. Ha

All the more reason to give the MD a model name of TD9000 as it could be made from recycled trash dump metal along with some plastics and wires found while rummaging through all the trash.


Frank

 

[HenryWaltonJonesJr]

I would be more interested in the Garrett CD 486. The "Couch Diver" discriminates metal springs, bobby pins and breakfast cereal. Many hunters with the CD 486 can be seen in the furniture section at your local thrift store.


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