100 gallons of coins recovered from artificial waterfall in the US


Team Udayavani, Aug 16, 2020, 5:19 PM IST

The North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores turned off its 30-foot waterfall for cleaning and its staff was able to collect coins thrown in by the tourists.

The “Smoky Mountain” waterfall served as a wishing well for visitors for over 14 years

They posted the images on facebook with the caption “Our staff turned off the 30-foot tall Smoky Mountain waterfall and collected all the coins! About 100 gallons of coins were cleaned and sorted and will go toward the general care of the aquarium and animals during this time. Can you guess how much money was in the waterfall? Put your guesses in the comments and we’ll post the answer next week! Thanks Liz Baird for the photos”

The also posted an update regarding the coins found in the aquarium and said, “ Coin update! We’ve had such an amazing response to our coin post! Thank you to everyone who commented and submitted a guess! It’s taking longer than anticipated to sort, clean and count coins. Staff is still sifting through the almost 14 years worth of coins from the waterfall. We’ve sent a portion of them to the automated coin counter at a local bank. It took about four hours to get through nine crates of coins! So stay tuned! We’ll post the total amount next week.”

While it is closed to visitors, the aquarium has been offering virtual events, behind-the-scenes tours and animal encounters.

Udayavani is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel and stay updated with the latest news.

Top News

Wanted to kill Ajmal Kasab who caused so much of pain, recalls 26/11 terror attack victim

Two retired revenue officials among four arrested in land grabbing case in Jammu

Kerala govt to revise manual for junior doctors, house surgeons

State can interfere with religious practices if they impede development, equality rights: SC

Four cheers at MP’s Kuno park; cheetah Neerva gives birth to cub quartet

HC directs Delhi govt to appoint ex-officio members to state mental health authority

‘Challenge after 44 years’: Supreme Court junks pleas against ‘socialist’, ‘secular’ in Preamble

Related Articles More

UP: Misled by ‘Google Maps’, car falls into river from incomplete bridge, 3 dead

Bad timing: Fraudsters call senior Indore cop during press briefing to pull off ‘digital arrest’

Musk says X now top news app on App Store in India

Honouring ex-NASA scientist’s last wish, family donates ancestral house to Meerut varsity

Man runs over 9 persons with his car after argument at wedding in Rajasthan

MUST WATCH

Coconut Flower

Prakash Belawadi

Naxal Leader Vikram Gowda

Christmas Cake Fruit Mixing

DK Shivakumar


Latest Additions

Wanted to kill Ajmal Kasab who caused so much of pain, recalls 26/11 terror attack victim

Two retired revenue officials among four arrested in land grabbing case in Jammu

Kerala govt to revise manual for junior doctors, house surgeons

State can interfere with religious practices if they impede development, equality rights: SC

Four cheers at MP’s Kuno park; cheetah Neerva gives birth to cub quartet

Thanks for visiting Udayavani

You seem to have an Ad Blocker on.
To continue reading, please turn it off or whitelist Udayavani.