| Project by Zelbar | posted 31 days ago | 596 views | 6 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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Someone came to me one day at a Farmers Market and asked if I could make them some coin catchers. I had never heard of ithem before so they pulled out one that they had purchased years ago . She keeps in her purse and says that when ever she pulls it out she always gets lots of comments. The one they had was pretty bland so I spiced it up a little with some nice hardwoods. They are 1 1/4” x 2” so it is great for using all that scrap you have. I cut the inside strip at 1/8” and the outside to 3/32”. It just uses a 1” Rare earth magnet placed in a hole inside the center band, and some gluing and shaping. Here in Canada it will attract all coins except for the old pennies. Great for keeping all that loose change handy on your nightstand, purse , in your pocket or in the car. Just keep it away from your credit cards as a magnet can wipe out your strips on them.
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rickf16
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posted 31 days ago
Now that is a slick idea! Never heard of a coin catcher until now.
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dustyal
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posted 31 days ago
Neat, must be a Canadian thing as magnets don’t seem to work on U.S. coin. At least, I couldn’t pick up any from my wife’s purse with my magnets. Euros?
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DiamondWW
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posted 31 days ago
I have a couple of coin catchers too…called Will and Hunter…lol.
Neat project.
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WoodyWoodWrecker
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posted 31 days ago
They will not work with US coins. All US coins are non magnetic. It’s one way that coin machines catch counterfeits, slugs are usually magnetic.
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MrsN
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posted 31 days ago
That is really cool. I wish I lived in Canada so I could use one.
a1Jim
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posted 30 days ago
Cool idea
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scottb
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posted 28 days ago
cool, something for the international crowd!
I recently saw something like this that you could make magnetic sculptures with UK coins, glad to hear they don’t work here before I tried my hand at it.
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KayBee
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posted 25 days ago
Great idea! My sister in law lives in Canada….guess what they might be getting for xmas.
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mcoyfrog
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posted 13 days ago
Thats cool never heard of that b4
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