Dumpster Diving "Doesn't Hurt To Ask"

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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!

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  • @robertschwartzman195
    @robertschwartzman1952 жыл бұрын

    Mike, Here in Massena,NY there is a person that is called Recycle Michael. He walks and picks up paper and garbage. He has a custom cart that the town painted his name on the wagon. I have seen him all over town pucking up trash to make it a cleaner place for all. He reminds me of when you were using your bike to get around town. I'm trying to get him a Proclamation for his efforts cleaning up Massena,NY. Michael is disabled and walks everywhere .

  • @MC-342

    @MC-342

    2 жыл бұрын

    Aww. Bless him

  • @matthewmiller4797
    @matthewmiller47972 жыл бұрын

    I drive a lot around town for my jobs, so I decided to start picking up stuff I saw, amazing how much is laying around when you are looking for it.

  • @smittysmitty4681

    @smittysmitty4681

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me to after seeing how much he find I’m doing the same working night driving around the city 👍 Gettin me some scrappy scrap as mike says 😂

  • @hanafiajachanel

    @hanafiajachanel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good luck sir

  • @dr.a006
    @dr.a0062 жыл бұрын

    Remember the olden days when Mike used to ride his skateboard and dirt bike around at night?😄 Keep it up! More efficient now not being so quiet.

  • @ja-canadian5451

    @ja-canadian5451

    2 жыл бұрын

    He also used to have a trash panda 🐼 named Bandito attached to the side of the truck... flashbacks!

  • @beardedscrapper538

    @beardedscrapper538

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good old Sunday.

  • @ja-canadian5451
    @ja-canadian54512 жыл бұрын

    Mike in the first Dumpster of the video, there was a black foam wrap standing up about 4 or 5 feet that you didn't check. For those AC places you should check if there is a copper pipe inside, as they wrap the copper return from the condenser in that black foam and it is usually stuck on, so the fact the foam was standing upright makes me think it was supported by a copper pipe inside.

  • @SHAKA38

    @SHAKA38

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's a great observation. 👍🏿

  • @shanepoindexter2644

    @shanepoindexter2644

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are correct!! Should always feel those to see if they have that copper!!

  • @michaelhallowell487

    @michaelhallowell487

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree with you lol

  • @TK-eg6vp

    @TK-eg6vp

    2 жыл бұрын

    Since he reads these comments, I highly suspect in his next video he'll go investigate that and check it out for us.

  • @DeSaintMusic

    @DeSaintMusic

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah true

  • @kevinengland8209
    @kevinengland82092 жыл бұрын

    Get in, Get it, Get out, and Get gone, Good times !! 😄👍

  • @davidthimell7845
    @davidthimell78452 жыл бұрын

    Companies should put all recycling in a separate bin , marked for Mike the Scavenger

  • @scambaitnaansense512

    @scambaitnaansense512

    2 жыл бұрын

    Food companies now have to put food that's still good in a separate bin

  • @tmvmonteiro

    @tmvmonteiro

    2 жыл бұрын

    They should create a bin and name it Iron Mike just for him.

  • @scambaitnaansense512

    @scambaitnaansense512

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tmvmonteiro that would be great

  • @tommymadden9746

    @tommymadden9746

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree quit throwing it in a landfill

  • @Budvb
    @Budvb2 жыл бұрын

    “How you doing” says Mike, Better now that Mikes got a fresh new video up, was watching an old skool one yesterday with MIKE ON HIS BIKE, BROUGHT BACK THE BEGINNING OF THIS ALL! Thx mike for doing what you do and sharing a small piece of your happiness!

  • @peterjaniceforan3080
    @peterjaniceforan30802 жыл бұрын

    We need more scrappers like Mike across America ❗️

  • @paulcoenen7918

    @paulcoenen7918

    2 жыл бұрын

    There are a lot more than you think. My area gets cleaned up pretty good. There is often a long line at the scrap yards.

  • @scrappingadventures290
    @scrappingadventures2902 жыл бұрын

    Looking forward to each and every video 👍👍👍😊

  • @denisekidder2261
    @denisekidder22612 жыл бұрын

    Mike you kicked butt keeping all that stuff out of the landfill!!! I love how happy you get when you find wire. 💛

  • @darrinrusnick8374

    @darrinrusnick8374

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mike isn't keeping all stuff out of the landfill. He left a bunch of metal in the one dumpster. I think it's galvanize metal. Not sure a to why he doesn't pick it up.

  • @mslorry3420
    @mslorry34202 жыл бұрын

    That huge box of hangers isn't scrap where I come from it's poor mans welding rod!

  • @indianaslim4971

    @indianaslim4971

    2 жыл бұрын

    Snap, crackle and pop with a side of toxic fumes... been there done that but ya gotta do what have to sometimes...

  • @markfurman4386

    @markfurman4386

    2 жыл бұрын

    Always used it for that, too. It spits a bit, but it works.

  • @calebkayyy1270
    @calebkayyy12702 жыл бұрын

    Nice find on that geopump. I checked ebay and it actually sells for $400. If it doesnt work or you cant test it you can probably sell it on ebay for at least $100 as parts.

  • @ronbrandich4196
    @ronbrandich41962 жыл бұрын

    Hi Mike! I just want to let you know how much I LOVE watching you jump into those big Open Trash containers! I LOVE to LOOK for things, but at 75 those day's are over for me! I SURE WISH I lived CLOSER to you as I'd ask you IF I could go along with you for ONE NIGHT just for Memories! Keep waking these video's, P L E A S E , as I really LOVE to watch them! Good Luck going Forward and I DO WISH you find something of GREAT VALUE someday too! Watching from Cape Coral, FL. Ron B.

  • @victorsalazar4512
    @victorsalazar4512 Жыл бұрын

    I love it when you get a good box and start putting snippets in and then find the biggest peice of scrap and add it to the box then is full!

  • @victorsalazar4512

    @victorsalazar4512

    Жыл бұрын

    You da man

  • @sjsadler8061
    @sjsadler80612 жыл бұрын

    Hey Mike, my wife hates you cos I run around the house shouting 'Watch ya heeeeed' she's gonna divorce me

  • @dianna3157

    @dianna3157

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know you're not serious, and I'm not a marriage counselor by any means, but has she watched any of his videos with you? I can't imagine anyone NOT liking these videos, and his sayings are kind of addictive. "What we got here?" 🤣

  • @indianaslim4971

    @indianaslim4971

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gotta be strong S J !!

  • @ronaldsteichen838
    @ronaldsteichen8382 жыл бұрын

    Nice little score it all adds up in the end

  • @bambiwallace3853
    @bambiwallace38532 жыл бұрын

    Hello Mike, I just ran across Your videos and I can't stop watching them. You have such a great outlook on life. I really enjoy Your videos. Thanks for all Your hard work, it's very entertaining. Keep killing it, From the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

  • @michaelpaton7127
    @michaelpaton71272 жыл бұрын

    All these companies should pay you to do thier recycling for them Mike you can probably save them a few bucks over the year.All the best from Dundee Scotland.❤❤ and 🙇🙏🙇🙏 to all the subs.👍👍✌👊👊

  • @scambaitnaansense512

    @scambaitnaansense512

    2 жыл бұрын

    In a perfect world I wish

  • @michaelpaton7127

    @michaelpaton7127

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@scambaitnaansense512 I was always told to look after the pennies and the pounds will come but now its just a wasteful world.Look what we're leaving behind for our grandkids.👍👍✌👊👊

  • @scambaitnaansense512

    @scambaitnaansense512

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelpaton7127 yeah very true 🤘🤘

  • @ddawe31635

    @ddawe31635

    2 жыл бұрын

    The open tops, the customer pays by weight. So he is saving some of those companies a lot of $$$

  • @scambaitnaansense512

    @scambaitnaansense512

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ddawe31635 having done construction it does help , we never liked to go to scrap yard unless it was straight copper, take the wiring and leave the aluminium

  • @tatchley3049
    @tatchley30492 жыл бұрын

    Scraptastic indeed!

  • @manoelaaraujo6838
    @manoelaaraujo68382 жыл бұрын

    Hey Mike,i really like to watch your videos! I would like to watch sometimes a timelapse from you disassembling scraps or separating everything in buckets before you sell, if you can!

  • @duckncover3567
    @duckncover35672 жыл бұрын

    SCRAP FLOWIN ALL OVER THE PLACE.....gotta love it....

  • @Pandora_369
    @Pandora_3692 жыл бұрын

    Nice dumpster run! You know if you posted 10 videos a day, I bet we'd all watch every single one. Blessings to you and your family

  • @marylindsey4084
    @marylindsey40842 жыл бұрын

    I only use the wire hangers. So many uses for them. And years ago I picked up a eureka sitting at the curb. Took it home and it worked for years. Thanks for sharing

  • @corinnaakin2651
    @corinnaakin26512 жыл бұрын

    Best way to start a day a video from you!!! Great haul

  • @aaronvanauken9706
    @aaronvanauken97062 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mike.

  • @johnhughes3225
    @johnhughes32252 жыл бұрын

    Good video Mike have agood day uk liverpool

  • @JasonBristow2003
    @JasonBristow20032 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the upload, Mike! I dislocated my knee yesterday so I can't do anything but rest. Luckily I didn't have to go to the ER since I grabbed it and relocated it right after it happened

  • @dianna3157

    @dianna3157

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope it heals quickly. Keep your leg propped up and go on a MTS video binge...laughter IS the best medicine. 🙂

  • @ddawe31635

    @ddawe31635

    2 жыл бұрын

    OUCH! Hope you have a speedy recovery!

  • @lilyrose3145
    @lilyrose31452 жыл бұрын

    Mike you are one of the hardest workers I've ever seen .keep it up you will be rich....

  • @ariesmariano4592
    @ariesmariano45922 жыл бұрын

    Good morning Mike and to all viewers

  • @dianna3157
    @dianna31572 жыл бұрын

    This day is off to a GREAT start! Funny how I started watching this video 4 minutes after you posted it but have to pause and rewind several times so I can get a good look at the SOCKS 🧦! LOL (I think you could give some of us obsessed fans just a quick sock reveal every video 😉), I also had to try and get a good view to see if you made Dottie new side rails or just a fresh coat of Thompson's water seal? Still can't figure it out, so maybe you can put this old lady out of her misery and let me know if either of these are true, or if the lighting was just poor. Mike, I see that several people comment on how much we love watching your videos, so let me TRY and tell you how much we appreciate and adore you...imagine coming across a dumpster FULL of copper pipes, cat 5 wire, batteries, extruded aluminum (unpainted of course) AND another shipment of socks like you found before, now multiply that by 100 and you might be close!! Thank you for all that you do and for who YOU are!!! Stay safe friend. I 💙 MTS! 🥰💪🧦🐼

  • @lorieakins2843
    @lorieakins28432 жыл бұрын

    I love that you point out your truck was empty. Appreciate what you find !!! Yay no entitlement here

  • @michaelpaton7127
    @michaelpaton71272 жыл бұрын

    I always carry a pair of pliers,wire cutters,adjustable spanner and a socket set that covers most of the stuff you will need to brake the bigger stuff up.👍👍✌👊👊

  • @kimlines9905
    @kimlines99052 жыл бұрын

    Alright Micky boy 😂 Roll up laughing at you Love your sense of humour. 😂🇬🇧 😂

  • @richardwarnock2789
    @richardwarnock27892 жыл бұрын

    A Super Plus Mike is One Fan Got a Free Ride !!!; )

  • @user-oc8bz9kg8d
    @user-oc8bz9kg8d2 жыл бұрын

    Находки огонь🔥рай для металлиста👍

  • @tanork47
    @tanork472 жыл бұрын

    Me and My friend found your channel an are hooked! Personal energy is amazing to see such high vibes!

  • @jeffreymurdock8366
    @jeffreymurdock83662 жыл бұрын

    Nothing sucks like a hoover. 😆 🤣 😂

  • @marksmithson1414
    @marksmithson14142 жыл бұрын

    Really cool that guy gave you the shelf and yes it don't hurt to ask.

  • @CopperKing
    @CopperKing2 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are a separate art form,🤤 I would watch them all day,👏 Well done, I wish you much success and good health 🔝🤝

  • @scottrunnels3958
    @scottrunnels39582 жыл бұрын

    Nice SCRAPS!!

  • @josephcormier5974
    @josephcormier59742 жыл бұрын

    Great scrap session lots of good wire and aluminum five stars brother thank you

  • @nachostuff
    @nachostuff2 жыл бұрын

    Dumpsters were rich tonight! I would take a light night like that any day! Happy Hunting.

  • @robyngouldin9386
    @robyngouldin93862 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Mike, You should check out those turning plates for the microwaves. A few years back we was needing one and the cost was $20/$30. But instead of us paying that much for one, We just got a new microwave. Great video ❤💛

  • @TheKatteoogje
    @TheKatteoogje2 жыл бұрын

    I

  • @indianaslim4971
    @indianaslim49712 жыл бұрын

    I'm doing great Mike, thanks for asking, hope you and your wife and dogs are doing well.

  • @joethompson445
    @joethompson4452 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos, be careful out there.

  • @ancientbedrock9366
    @ancientbedrock93662 жыл бұрын

    Never First 😂 Always Here 🙃 Making it happen with Mike ! ✌️

  • @1OFGODSOWN

    @1OFGODSOWN

    2 жыл бұрын

    2nd is Better than 3rd.🤪👍 I just happened to be checking my Favorites and I saw he had just posted 13 seconds before.👍👏

  • @karenearly-horne8210
    @karenearly-horne82102 жыл бұрын

    Hey mike happy scrapping

  • @sandrafinney535
    @sandrafinney5352 жыл бұрын

    I'm a little disappointed that you didn't take more time in some of the dumpsters but I'M STILL A HUGE FAN! ❤

  • @brendablystone9615
    @brendablystone96152 жыл бұрын

    Awesome to 👀 yu today mike scraper

  • @ddawe31635
    @ddawe316352 жыл бұрын

    Sweet dive MTS! Thanks for taking us along! #Watchyohead #ScrappityScrap #GOTTABESTRONG #MTSScavengerKing have a great day y'all!

  • @mateoaranda
    @mateoaranda2 жыл бұрын

    As a spanish myself i can say you nailed it on that "Muchas gracias"

  • @anniefry5499
    @anniefry54992 жыл бұрын

    Hey there is a Holla hoop for exercise 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @randomvideoguy5277
    @randomvideoguy52772 жыл бұрын

    Man every time I see scrap I'm like what we got here yall 😆

  • @tracisikkes7916
    @tracisikkes79162 жыл бұрын

    It is kind of funny that you get multiples of the same thing in one run.( Ironing board, water heater, ceiling fan, etc)

  • @kerylcooper2314
    @kerylcooper23142 жыл бұрын

    You make me laugh. I want to do what you do but I’m very close to 80 if I were younger I would have a better life than I’ve had. Keep it up Mike your an inspiration to many people 👏🏼👍🏼🍀🍀🍀🍀❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🛐

  • @patburgard2115
    @patburgard21152 жыл бұрын

    Great job saving the planet!

  • @DollarHound
    @DollarHound2 жыл бұрын

    Those mop buckets are SPENSIVE!

  • @Jibbie49
    @Jibbie4911 ай бұрын

    Lots of fun scrap.

  • @karisanborn8795
    @karisanborn87952 жыл бұрын

    I think I've seen almost all your videos, and I love them!! It seems you're going a lot faster in the last month though... and it's making me kinda dizzy! Be careful!

  • @davidhatcher1796
    @davidhatcher17962 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @michaelpaton7127
    @michaelpaton71272 жыл бұрын

    Come on Mike I need at least two video's a day I'm withdrawling right now.😉😉😂😂😂 All the best from Dundee Scotland.👍👍✌👊👊

  • @michaelschuenemann3505
    @michaelschuenemann35052 жыл бұрын

    Another Successful Evening Dumpster Diving - nice Load - lots of Wires again ! Cheers from us in Australia !!!!

  • @BetonTv.
    @BetonTv.2 жыл бұрын

    I like this your video, is very very satisfacts. I recycling electronics and like video when is Cooper 😁😁😁

  • @jerryfield5815
    @jerryfield58152 жыл бұрын

    Mike single unit rack covers are about $5 each and the blue and black connectors are state of the art name brand AV parts they will sell.

  • @rebahicks3619
    @rebahicks36192 жыл бұрын

    Keep up the good work you do.. look forward to your videos. Stay safe out there...

  • @murlbailer3755
    @murlbailer37552 жыл бұрын

    My daily dose of Mike the Scavenger.🐎✌️

  • @brianballa3086
    @brianballa30862 жыл бұрын

    WEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! heck yes son ...Thanks for sharing..

  • @lia-liz2012
    @lia-liz20122 жыл бұрын

    Love that humor...blah blah blah blah 😆😅 what the heck was that hose looking thing at the end? Did you say snake? Cool how you disassembled the metal shelf with the hatchet! You da man!

  • @debbielance3892
    @debbielance38922 жыл бұрын

    Great haul. Have you been watching Hotel Transylvania with the kids. Bla bla bla. Adam Shandler is great as Dracula. Have a great night. 👍🙂

  • @BushDogScrapper
    @BushDogScrapper2 жыл бұрын

    Another banger video 👍

  • @robwhitfield6936
    @robwhitfield69362 жыл бұрын

    When the Dumpster is a Rockin' Don't Come a Knockin' 😉👍🏻🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @nasharasha8024
    @nasharasha80242 жыл бұрын

    Чувак ты чудо. Обожаю тебя. Удачи и здоровья.

  • @olgahurghis6667
    @olgahurghis66672 жыл бұрын

    Bună Seară Mike.

  • @lewandlo
    @lewandlo2 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff dude of the dumpsters.

  • @GregDomeyHellsAngels81
    @GregDomeyHellsAngels812 жыл бұрын

    Mike your the KZread King of scrap .

  • @donaldrgagne1691
    @donaldrgagne16912 жыл бұрын

    GOOD haul tonight Mike !

  • @noneyabeeswax3200
    @noneyabeeswax3200 Жыл бұрын

    You can really tell Mike was coming into his prime at the time this video was made I liken it to Michael Jordan when he won his first Championship,this was the season Mike became reigning dumpster champion imo.

  • @anndefauw1161
    @anndefauw11612 жыл бұрын

    Was a pretty good haul 👌 👍 😊

  • @duckymeejs
    @duckymeejs2 жыл бұрын

    WTG, Mike! 🥰

  • @patriciamorton1068
    @patriciamorton10682 жыл бұрын

    Now, I talk to open tops: "Hey, big open top. Whatchu doin'?"

  • @liliangrajo2809
    @liliangrajo28092 жыл бұрын

    Nice man

  • @kandiwolfe1125
    @kandiwolfe11252 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mike!!!;)

  • @javiersarriguren524
    @javiersarriguren5242 жыл бұрын

    Muchas Gracias.

  • @thatsfunny7729
    @thatsfunny77292 жыл бұрын

    Yeah scrap! That Geo Pump should be worth a little, even if it's not working. Sometime would want it for parts!

  • @doublej7424
    @doublej74242 жыл бұрын

    Make me laugh all the way from Scotland

  • @robertschwartzman195
    @robertschwartzman1952 жыл бұрын

    Mike nice score today a d that heavy duty shelving unit worth a few $$$. I like your videos and keep on scrappin.

  • @rebeccawalcott555
    @rebeccawalcott5552 жыл бұрын

    If you have a Walmart by you spring time is a good time to go by their loading dock. All the outdoor chairs come in on these little platforms with wheels on the bottom.

  • @egerviktor6910
    @egerviktor69102 жыл бұрын

    Guten abend aus germanii. 👍 👌 💪 💰 💵

  • @daewooparts
    @daewooparts2 жыл бұрын

    @16:50 those Harbor Freight Jack stands are recalled...should save those & return them to the store for a store credit or exchange

  • @gazwhu6533
    @gazwhu65332 жыл бұрын

    Love your channel. Your so funny. I'm from UK.

  • @Rahmatrahimson
    @Rahmatrahimson2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks your video just give me more inspiration to do this job

  • @markfurman4386
    @markfurman43862 жыл бұрын

    Metal coat hangers: poor man's acetylene welding rod.

  • @glendaroy1171
    @glendaroy1171 Жыл бұрын

    Love it

  • @empathic_goddess
    @empathic_goddess2 жыл бұрын

    You’re amazing!!

  • @tammyreeves168
    @tammyreeves1682 жыл бұрын

    A gggrrrreeeaaatttt mighty Mike video. Stay safe and God Bless

  • @paulcoenen7918
    @paulcoenen79182 жыл бұрын

    That metal shelf you took apart got me to thinking. Maybe next time I run into a nice one like that I will snap a picture before I take it apart. Put it on Graigslist for $20. I'm trying to sell more stuff now rather than bring to scrap yard, even good ironing boards I'm go to try to sell at garage sales for a few bucks. Much better than scrap price.

  • @oldmanhuppiedos
    @oldmanhuppiedos2 жыл бұрын

    When reliability matters, call Mike LOL 😄

  • @user-iz9uo2gg9z
    @user-iz9uo2gg9z2 жыл бұрын

    Хорошая прогулка молодец👍

  • @myramoran8847
    @myramoran88472 жыл бұрын

    Good job Mikey

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