Dumpster Diving "This Whole Dumpster Is FULL!"
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Howdy, y'all! My name is Mike and I absolutely love scavenging for free stuff, random treasures, lost valuables and other interesting artifacts. I mainly rock the dumpster diving scene but can be found digging through trash curbside as well as scavenging the river bottoms for lost treasures in the summer months. Join me on my epic voyages!
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In a nutshell, I ‘m an avid dumpster diver, scrapper, picker, treasure hunter and underwater connoisseur. I prowl the city streets in search of dumpster loot, curbside treasures & scrap metal as well as scour the river bottoms for lost valuables during the summer months when I can scrounge up enough money for gas. Be sure to stay subscribed to stay up to date with my latest expeditions, y'all! - Розваги
I love that you give the wheelchairs away. My dad was in one for years. Medical supplies are so expensive. You’re a good egg!
Giving g away wheelchairs is just karma in the bank. We all can used more good karma.
and honestly, thank you for getting stuff out of the trash and recycling it! we need more people like you. Yes I get it, it pays your bills, but it is also helping our landfills not fill up.
Truthfully it's going to end up in a landfill in the next town over or some other town
To late for that cuz have you been to a landfill lately its sad af how fast the hills & mountains of junk get higher & higher over like.....a week
It’s a recycle dumpster… it was going to recycling anyway lol.
this guy is takin stuff that is in a recyckle container to his home..
have you ever had to clean up after people that does stuff like that..
the last couple of houses i had to emty, took well over 20 big moving trucks with garbage..
i have a friend that have a large farm he fills up just like this guy, some of it does have value,
but most of it just get destroyd by the weather and is poluting, and loses its value..
who needs rustet metal for example, or old wood that is no good.
or 20 cars that have been leaking for years
some of these people actually destroy stuff that could have been recykled.
few have space to take care of it like it needs to keep its value, after all we do throw alot away..
often these kind of people are extreme hoarders
@@Hansen710 you obviously don't know what he does. He scraps. Meaning he takes things out of the TRASH, not the recycling and scraps it for money which is how he makes his living. If you watch other videos you'd see he's not a hoarder and is organized. What would you rather him do? Live on welfare?
Man that vac hose is a score. I’m a woodworker and those things come in handy when running plumbing for dust extractors. Nice find
That's exactly what I was thinking!
Aquaponics gardening too
Keep and sell them vac hose people buy them 😊😊😊
Hats off for this guy stopping this stuff from getting to the land fill!!!
We all know already this is going to be a great video, because there's never a bad video from Mike.
Muchas Gracias!!!
@@MikeTheScavenger Eres mas que bienvenida
I agree with this 1000% when I’m bored I always rewatch the vids
Like you speak Espanol that's mucho gracias
Even the oldies are fun to watch
I was a commercial front load garbage truck driver for over 20 years and used to find all kinds of good stuff, there was times where I would set stuff out that wouldn't fit in the truck and go back after work and pick it up. My favorite saying was free is for me.. LOL
Hey Mike those are contact relays for HVAC. Check the price before you scrap em. They sell for $7 to $20 each retail.
I just paid 20 bucks for a contactor off Ebay.
More like 50 to a hundred plus.
I was thinking the same. Bet if they were listed on ebay for $5 each it would make Mike's day
It looked like 16 per box at $20-30 each...
$320-480 per box... 100 boxes...
$32,000 plus...people are crazy for dumping them.
yup, he could list them on eBay for $50/box per box, would be a steal for hvac contractors.. just have to take some time to research what amperage and contact style (DPDT, SPDT etc)
reminds me of Aunt Clara on Bewitched-she collected doorknobs.
hello from Ukraine, Mike more good finds for you
As a scavenger myself, I shake my head whenever I see so much brand new stuff headed for a landfill. We are the most wasteful country on the planet. ☹️
D wet aasß xxx,
I am a disabled building contractor. On my slow days of the year I would have probably made more money from the things that people throw out with an ebay channel while Mike the scavenger has a brain the size of a pea and leaves money behind often.
If he thinks Cat wire is great scrap profit I laugh.
@The Review Shack Possibly true & that were all a bit aloof at times as well. To satisfy the junker types that do dumpster diving Mike should edit videos to have a second channel for them collectors, of course that would mean he needs a bigger yard to store stuff. For now he stays close to his original job, scrapping metals. I enjoy watching and so in time he could.
@The Review Shack I am pretty sure once anything disposed of lands in designated location for disposal, it becomes public at which if ones mans trash is another's treasure, take it :)
A lot of grocery store have they OWN. Conteneur and but all the good food in ......i ask one Time at a guys Who was Working ...do ur boss permit to Do that ? Hé said thats the politic of the business 🙇🤦 wht a wasteful
i dont know about anyone else , but i work up a good appetite watching Mike work
Oh thats what is doing it.
I love how the comments offer helpful information on the items. Keep them coming!
Hi Mike, I'm from Russia, I'm 49 years old and I also like to dig into containers not for profit, but for the sake of finding artifacts and non-ferrous metal.My name is Vadim.
Imagine someone walking past a dumpster and hearing some dude inside just randomly yelling “stick ‘em up!!!!” 😂😂😂
Greetings Mike. AWESOME/PRICELESS treasures. Thank you for looking into different ways of donating treasures. PLEASE be CAREFUL. Be safe,healthy &blessed always family friendly
he is such a happy trash panda!!
Awesome haul, what some companies & businesses throw away is crazy, glad to see you doing your part to keep it out of the landfill, 👍👍
Every time I watch him I am so grateful he's keeping stuff out of the landfill. I always hope there are guys coming behind him that are collecting plastic, etc.
Its all tax write offs and just part of business.
Stuff goes obsolete fast and gets thrown out
Those little plastic clamps for the metal shelving was actually a good find. I usually end up having to buy more of those when I find the shelving. Good thing it wasn't raining when you got the soap all over you - just imagine how clean you'd have been 🤣🤣
Every warehouse in the country are comparing Mike to their employees. Telling them this is the type of work ethic we expect from you. Another great one MTS.
There was a time not long ago when Americans did all have that work ethic
@@bzamski17 Sad, but very true.
We would still have it if wallstreet/ politicians wouldn't have systematically dismantled our work industry leaving us dead end jobs that don't pay a living wage & have no benefits.
The damn federal reserve guy is on record saying they purposely kept wages low to fight inflation!
Well I call bs. They didn't keep their wages low.
They kept those cash printers pumping out cash.
That's where inflation comes from
Mike the recycling and reuse you do is awesome. You are single handedly saving our world, one dumpster at a time. I too especially hate seeing metal go to waste as it’s so easily recyclable and way better than strip mining new. Wish there were more prople with similar mindset. Kudos.
thank you for saving the chair for somebody in need
Mike always looking out for those in need.❤️
I just recently found his channel and I LOVE IT. I get such a kick out of watching him hop in and out of these bins finding treasures. It's a lot of hard work, but he almost makes it look easy. And his accent... "whoo, y'all" . Great!!
Definitely do us a follow up on this one. Interesting to see if the dumpster with the wires was worth going back to get
Should have scooped up all that fiber and sold it!
@@miamidolphan33 probably he didn't want to fill up garage with fiber cables if they doesn't sell.
If you look at the optical packaging it has a manufacture date of 2000. Optical wire has a shelf life. Just like everything else in that dumpster (like the seals) it was all old product passed its shelf life
What r u goin to do w/all those boxes
@@MikeTheScavenger Mike, do you strip the wires or turn them in as is?
Mike,
Those are contractors usually used for motor or power control. The coil on the inside is where you would connect you power on off button. There are wholesalers who buy old stock inventory and resell it. They are big on circuit breakers and power controls. When ever you find large amounts of power control or industrial parts. You might want to try to find a buyer.
Damn spell correct... contactors not contractors...
It makes my day when you have these great hauls.Always a pleasure to watch.
those have got to be the cleanest dumpsters I have EVER seen.
Looks like he's avoiding dumpsters behind restaurants.
Hey Mike, how about a short about the types of scrap and show us a few examples of each type? Maybe titles include value/lb? It's impressive how you triage the different types on the fly!
That's an idea!
@@MikeTheScavenger Hi! Propably there is Silver in those coils.
Copper
I would have taken those plastic milk crates. Those things are always handy to have around. Amazing finds as always!
I keep those in the back hatch if my car to throw stuff in when I go diving.
Talk about saving our landfills. Mike you are the Master at your craft. I enjoy everything you do. Thank You
Mike you are the luckiest person I know. You find such great stuff. And most is worth a lot of money.
Man, I LOVE dumpster diving !! I'm constantly amazed at what people just throw out. I've found some incredible things over the years ( 30 plus) I've been diving. I think we do a good service by keeping usable/ recyclable items out of the landfills. Its sad that it sometimes gets a bad rap . I love following you on your diving adventures !
The bad rap comes from dumpster diving envy
generally when you say dumpster diving people tend to think of a person getting in a dumpster which isnt the most desirable place.
I went dumpster diving once in the second grade. I found a cool snoopy in a biplane that had a battery operated propeller. It was the coolest find ever.
Hey those electronics bags are really handy and sturdy, anti static.
The employees are going to come out and wonder where there trash has gone ….. you need to leave a calling card saying Mike was here …. Great vid as usual !
One of the few channels I follow, where some screaming at the screen happens. Unbelievable what we toss in the landfill. Thank you Mike!!
Great job mike !!!! Thanks for taking us along with you today!
As hard as you always work, Mike, I hope you are rewarded very very well
I just bought 2 of those EXACT same hardware organizers from Amazon a couple of months ago. They were not that cheap to buy & have been super handy in my shop.
It's amazing how much good stuff gets thrown out, funny that now that I'm retired,I can watch somebody else working all day long, and find it entertaining,find a job you like,and you will never work a day in your life,you proved that bro,your having way too much fun,love going thru scrap,problem is I want keep everything.
Hola Miki , tus vídeos es un show, me encanta y me haces reír, es un trabajo muy duro , pero siempre tienes una sonrisa , miles de abrazos desde Andalucía ( España).
You are adorable when singing cause your happy.
Well another great video Mike, thanks for sharing and keeping us armchair scavengers entertained. Best wishes to you and your family and fur babies. Your friend in Australia 🇦🇺, Rob T.
You scored BIG TIME on those contactors
Nice finds
I am looking forward to the follow up video! Would love to see what is actually in one of those little boxes and what they are worth as scrap!
Rather ironic that at the 13:00 minute mark there’s a recycling bin in a dumpster😂😂😂Also where I live soda cans and bottles are worth 10cents each. I have a big BMX track across the road from me and after a big meet I take my ute and some large bags and pick hundreds of cans and bottles. Ahhh, free money, I love it.
Thank you Mike, that was a good start to my Wednesday, looking forward to seeing the follow up video. Have a nice day see ya on next one.😎👊
You could be a town Recycle King! You are definitely hardest working scrap scavenger I know!👍👏🔥👏🔥👏✨✨✨
Hey Mike, that dumpster where you found all those boxes full of goodies, they are called motor starters. There's a copper coil on the inside and the little contact buttons most of the time are silver. Later
@bobby Olivares thanks for the information !
Aka contactors or relays...
You can count on Mike having an awesome video like you can count on it being 5 o'clock twice a day. Also what is great about Mike, is there is no scrap left behind and he always thinks of others when he finds things such as the wheel chair.
Hey Mike! Gotta tell ya I feel like your straight out of my family! I grew up scavenging and the way you talk! Truly as if you are fam! And them funny clover shaped things you found in the first dumpster I believe those hold cables together! Love watching bro and dream of old days. Getting a little to old to do it much more these days myself, more than some minor stuff. Watching you satisfies my scavenger itch! And some day I will get back to the Big T! Maybe I’ll see ya! In the meantime Love and Light! And keep scavenging!
He said eeww to the soap, the trash no problem, lol. Love it!
Hey Mike, just out of curiosity I googled the 30 amp copper coils with 3 contacts and they sell for around 30.00 on line...just thought I would let you know that maybe you could sell some of them instead of scrapping all of them. I love your videos and I would love to have dumpsters like yours where I live....keep up the good work and great videos
He could make a killing selling them $50-$100/box and they would dissappear quick
They're so universal in application to so many things that you could say guaranteed to sell under the right price point.
@@strhaivenswr IMO, reason Mike ends up scrapping so much reusable, resellable stuff is he lacks storage space and the time necessary to manage online sales. Houston looks like a scavenger's paradise. I can only imagine what he'd be taking in if he brought in some help.
@@guruoo 100% that and it takes a lot of time and effort to sell online trust me
Great to see you get a big score. The yellow cord said COPPER which is on the up $$$ at the moment. You do all the hard graft, you deserve the merits. Take care out there.
The cables in them are optical not copper its just a generic bag. It would have been worth googling the part numbers of these and the seals to see what they are worth. It's usually the things you personally don't see any value in that are worth the most money.
Hey Mike, how are doing? I couldn't stop laughing at the point where you were in the middle of dumpster, flung the soap and said "ewww soap" I had to pause. You are definitely my most favourite entertainment. You always bring a smile to our faces. You beat yourself with every video. Have a blessed day and evening. Love to the family 😀😃🙂🙃
I love watching your scrapping adventures. I've learned alot from you about what is good scrap and what isn't. Thank you for sharing with everyone.
We need a follow up on this for sure. Nice content!
Keep up the good work Mile!! I was a refrigeration Engineer for 34 years. Seeing all those 3 phase contactors in the trash just made me sick. Thank you for at least recycling them. There were multiple thousands of dollars of contactors!!!!!!! 😮
Love to see you getting the mega hauls from one dumpster! Follow up needed!!!!
Ok your now my top favorite dumpster diver UA-camr out there this commentary is just hilarious
Those "coils" are electrical contactors. They turn on or off and allow voltage to flow for motors or compressors. They should be an easy sell to an AC contractor.
The one's made by Square D are listed on Amazon for $117.00.
you left the new static bags! that box of bags was a good chunk of money!
New Video 😁👍👍 let's go! 🔥
Edit: What a great video, Mike 😁👍 Love it
Those unopened bags of fiber cables are pretty sweet.
You should be able to find someone who would buy them.
What I love is how some folk give a shout out to Mike about what some items are worth before he scraps them. I'm always amazed at what some of your American companies throw away. .mind it benefits folk like Mike ect. keep up the great work duck. Love from the middle of England. North East Derbyshire. 👍
Woot woot, nice haul!!
Thank you for giving the wheel chairs to people that can't afford one . What did you name your new puppy????
The plastic drawers were for connectors, screws, washers, nuts, bolts and all of those little things we'll need one day. Something every man needs.
The coils also called contactors. could be used for AC units depending on coil voltage. Well worth you time. Each one worth over $20 each
First thing i said Contactors $16 and up! Then I was like thats a lot of silver!
I'm a refrigeration tech, I keep all the contact points and refine them to .999 pure silver. That's got to be close to 2.5 to 3 kilograms of silver once it's refined.
Glad you found the wedges for those shelves. The shelves are almost scrap without them, which is a shame, considering how handy they are as shelves.
Woooooo mornings with Mike love it my guy thank you 🤘🤘🤘
Hey there Mike! Wellll....at least you aren't wasting anymore fuel than necessary.....that is providing those bazillion of boxes return something decently priced for you. Hoping it is ALWAYS WORTH YOUR TIME MIKE!! Peace to all of you.... . .💜💙💜
hi Mike when i see you finding all those goodies my brain keep saying ,wonder how this guy's home looks like? i think some must come out in the other end.a lot can be sold,if one got time,space and skills some can be refinded to good scrab like cobber,maybe make a video of what happens after diving.i am curius
His commentary cracks me up. “ Oh a banana!!!”
I worked for a fortune 100 company and when ever a company dignitary would grace the facility the managers would throw tons of brand new items into the landfill. Pallets of pop rivets, steel beams, steel/ stainless sheets of all thickness, office supplies etc. After the tour they would simply re-order and Pat themselves on the back when managers were told how neat and tidy the place was. Wasteful and ridiculous
Crafters love those little drawer sorters for the various small supplies like beading supplies, small scrapbooking ephemera supplies etc..
Always great finds Mike. Agree with everyone that lots of resellables there. Those optical wires at the beginning can be sold. Pool hoses will be gone in no time. Those aren't cheap. Please do a follow up on this load of goodies. Stay safe.
yes pool ho will sell
Mike commented on the wires. They are from the year 2000 and have a shelf life
@@justice7307 any relation to the dumpster ho? 😆😆
So glad to see you salvaging all that waste.
Hey Mike, I wonder if those breaker things are used in commercial freezers. Heard there was a shortage of parts and they were in dire need, so you might check what those are used for and see if it's one of the things that they are having a shortage of, even if they are used in something else. Then, Mike be saving the USA !!
Wow bro what a hell of a score you found at the end with all of the full boxes congrats and tnx for helping out to keep our landfills clean. We need more ppl like you hope you made a good $ of that haul. Cheers mike
My man Mike!!
Awesome scores there buddy. Have a good one😎
Thanks. You too
I am glad Dottie hit 100,000 miles. Wait for the 300,000 miles. We have Chevy Truck that has 300,00K+. Be safe out there ❤️😜♥️😜
It would not pay me to be a scrapper, I would keep to much of the stuff. Those wire shelves you found, I just paid $65 for a set of those shelves. All of the Cat wire you find I would be hording it like crazy!! Mike, keep up the videos always look forward to the next one.
That's why Laura (Mrs Scavenger) keeps him in check. 😊 Sometimes I think she says NO too often, but she knows best and Mike apparently respects her opinion, he never whines about her not letting him keep something. They sure look like they have a very good marriage, that's what I see when he talks about her. 💑
First time looking and WOW!!! What some great finds and thanks for Recycling. Too much brand new stuff going to the landfill.
Once again I wonder what the business owner thinks when they show up the next day to an empty dumpster.
They'd be happy because now they don't have to pay for all that weight in the bin.
Love the bongos background music.
Thanks for a great video and for getting medical supplies available to those in need.
Those optical cables are super expensive. They have use outside communication too.
Wedge seals are used for ducting the fiber cables. they are likely worth something they show online to be worth about $60-70 a piece.
That motor looked like an expensive stepper motor used on industrial robots... Which are expensive, you hit a lick with this one.
I love watching you diving Mike
You should do a copper extraction video for all those coils! That would be awesome!
Absolutely fantastic haul.
Wish you didn't have to take all of them that night.....wow that was soooo much work for just one person. Great job again Mike. Thanks for doing what you do👏👏👏👏😍
Man awesome. I love it when you find new stuff in a dumpster. I recently found a bunch of vise grips and channel lock pliers in a scrap iron dumpster and I was siked. It's a thrill finding that treasure. Good job man.
That whole dumpster, full of self sealing stem bolts, great find!
Great Shredder feed. I used to operate a Harris car shredder. Would love a chute full of those. They separate perfectly, and there's none ferrus in them. Wouldn't even run water with those.
Fiber optical cables, and patch panels used to connected optical tie lines, and or terminate fiberoptics in data centers and IT rooms. The blue connector on the end of the yellow fober I believe is UPC style.
I am in awe of you ! You work so hard I am obsessed with your videos you have taught me so much that k you stay safe out there
New optical/fiber anything can be worth some serious money. Clearly the most valuable finds in this vid..
You find the best dumpsters I have ever seen
You’re living the life, buddy, keep it up.