As a young boy, one of my brothers did that experiment many times, using pennies.
This story was in the Guinness Book of World Records for years:
http://documents.adventistarchives.org/Periodicals/RH/RH19660217-V143-07.pdf
They gave him a careful checkup, thenbelieve it or notrecovered 258 objects from his stomach. Included in the items were 26 keys, 39 nail files, three sets of rosary beads, 16 religious medals, one bracelet, one necklace, three metal chains, one beer-can opener, one knife blade, four nail clippers, three pairs of tweezers, and 88 assorted coins.