Counter wont disappear man, even if you put 1000 items on top of it, it will not disappear, it will still give the height, you may be able to cover his pixels by putting a lot of things around it, but that doesn't mean the item disappears.
Normal items will "disappear" if you put 9+ items on top of it, the height will be lost and the item will disappear, even if its covered by small items. That doesn't happen with Counter