Alright so, he's exaggerating a bit with the monies being made, but he is right that jobs were buffed greatly.
With 2 shovels and 15 shell TNT (About 350 spent on all of this)
I managed to get all of that with trash that spawned around the area. Selling all of the shells I made 5.7k and that was only 30 minutes of digging
This was an extra 5 minutes of trash picking before dumping

So it really speaks for itself.
Extra:
Aforementioned helicopters