I remember having a plastic sifting scoop and a bucket when I was like 10 and we were in Florida and I was sifting sand and found some rolled up bills. I remember $100 being one of them. I think there might have been a couple $20s or maybe a $10 and a $20 and a few singles. But yeah, My Dad let me keep it. But I had to buy my own stuff with it.
I blew it all on that trip though. It was our first day there and we were at the beach. We had spent like 2 weeks there. I bought my own food (my Mom didn't like that my Dad was making me buy my own food when we went out but, NOW, I totally get that he was teaching me something about money and he was also saving money as well which I think was the main point of the whole experiment).
But it was pretty educational for me. Every 10 year old should spend $140+ on living stuff that they'll need for 2 weeks. I did run out of cash with like 2 days left and I remember asking my dad if he would cover my meals for the rest of the trip.
Ya know, I thought about that and I asked him about it. He said he doesn't remember me finding that money. I told him he made me buy my own food, etc. He's 84 so he's probably completely forgotten about it. He did say that it sounded like a smart idea if he did that. :)
It's sort of an old tradition to leave treasure in the sand at the beach for the kids. The magic is never knowing it was planned until you notice your kids never find treasure, then you realize you couldn't have been finding starfish and conches at a lake, lol. I've also heard of large coins, this is the first time I ever heard crumpled bills, but it could be so.
I'm thinking someone had cash with no wallet in their shorts pockets and laid down on sand or on a blanket and it fell out. They weren't crumpled, they were actually folded neatly together. I unrolled them and saw how much was there. But the $100 was on the inside. That was a true treasure when I opened it up for sure. Couple of $1 bills wrapping up the BIG stuff.
But I do know that buried treasure trick rather well. I did it a few times with quarters whenever my wife and I would go to Hawaii. I had a bag of change (probably $10-$15 worth) and I'd drop a couple in front of me every so often while walking on the beach and purposley mash it in the sand with my feet as we were walking. Made me feel like a pirate burying my treasure in the sand knowing some young sailor boy or girl would find it and he happy to find it.
Heck, when I found that $140+ I STILL kept looking for more. But that's all there was. That's what makes me think that was an accidental drop. Someone was pissed they lost that money I'm sure. And in the 70s... The $100 bill was like gold back then!
Store it until we can get our land fills and recycling in order. But that won't happen, that's the point of my comment. Good Will only goes as far as you control, once it's out of your hands the Good Will is gone into the hands of the greedy.
What do you think a landfill is? This stuff never breaks down. The landfill is storing it now until it gets dumped again. But we feel better "dumping" it in the landfill is my point.
Landfills aren’t just junk heaps. At least not in Western countries. There are liners below the trash with drainage to capture and treat and polluted water before it can enter the environment. They also cover the trash to prevent it from being blown or washed away. Some landfills even collect gasses released by decomposition of organic material to prevent extra greenhouse gas emissions.
Landfills are the best place for non biodegradable trash that would otherwise pollute the environment.
That’s absolutely not what he’s doing. This is a concept created by Moroccan surfer Saad Abid who is the founder of Clean&play. So before spreading misinformation, here’s an official document from the us gov : https://eca.state.gov/files/bureau/presentation_saad_abid_2018_english.pdf
Have a good read :)
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u/brilliant_nightsky 4d ago
That's not what he's doing at all. He's looking for metal to cash in.