Dumpster Diving "I Like Unopened Boxes"

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!

[@jrfergus65]

That metal rectangle looks like the power supply that the terminator pulled out of his chest and it blew up like an atomic bomb.

[@MikeTheScavenger]

Best comment ever!!!

[@goranosma509]

گۆڕان

[@gaiaocracy]

Subduing scrappity-scrap -Taming unopened boxes -Leaping dumpsters in a single bound............................... it's Mike the Scavenger Man on a Mission.

[@taviasgrannieable]

Yay you did a dive video again. Love the unopened boxes. Thanks for sharing with us Mike have a great weekend.

[@gdvo6982]

you are always upbeat and high energy---and never fail to find interesting stuff

[@scottyevans5206]

Mike have you ever walked up on someone in the dumpster ? If so did you karate chop them lol ? Your the man mike I love your videos

[@jessicacole4545]

Wow the people sho work at your storage unit are super nice. At my old place the only thing they said was "hi, don't leave a mess"

[@yournamehere6365]

Be more careful throwing unopened boxes they could have contained crystal lined flux capacitors. And nobody needs or wants a broken flux capacitor!

[@texasjaybird5237]

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!! SOMEONE THAT FINDS UNOPENED BOXES AND WITHOUT A CLUE STARTS CHUNKING THEM THRU THE AIR INTO THE BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK. I WISH THEY HAD BEEN FULL OF VALUABLE CRYSTAL GLASSES. A LESSON MIGHT HAVE BEEN LEARNED FOR THE NEXT TIME, OR NOT. YEAH, PROLLY NOT

[@FernandoTarango]

Then, he would never be able to go back to his original time continuum... be more careful Calvin .

[@frannyescue293]

@@texasjaybird5237 8

[@GarbageKnight]

i used to find the server rack set ups all the time working on a military base, as a roll off industrial dumpster driver. i sold it on ebay and made tons of money. as well as GOLD SCRAP they would make their own pin connectors. so i would find all these loose gold pins. i was pulling in a extra 4000+ USD a month. then they closed our contract. and i had to get another job.

[@jasonnadeau1330]

The Bunn filter baskets are worth money. The metal ones can bring$20-$40 a piece and the plastic ones are good for $10 a piece.

[@NTSRFR4]

Mike, when you're trying to break tempered glass like that, try hitting it in one of the corners -

[@mickarlekin3410]

Lmao dude don't eat that , you hilarious

[@BADWOLF712]

For breaking any glass you need to get yourself a " Spring Loaded Center Punch "

[@Holyschytt]

Tempered glass. corner strike..

[@jonaslacour8867]

@@Holyschytt just use Ceramics :)

[@zackeletonfh8940]

This dude cracks me up. LoL. "Get my stick" 😆

[@freeranger1677]

"Ooh look at that" LoL

[@hillmonbrooksjr9847]

Handle with care....I'm a trashman I drive the truck that get those can...best job ever....find a lot of new and good things

[@hippiecowgirl4231]

It’s amazing the stuff that people throw away,that’s why I love to dive !

[@KeithUrbanfan]

ResMed is a brand of c-pap or bi-pap machine. My mother had that exact traveling case for her machine. Those bags can be sold or donated pretty easily. The respirator was part of the machine. Project CURE is an amazing place to donate medical supplies and they would refurbish those machines.

[@Azoreanislandgirl]

A fun day out with Mike!!!!! Oooooooowww!!!!

[@roberto7639]

The shiny silver boxes are rectifiers (with the NIS stickers on them). New, they are around $700.00 each from a supply house

[@amonra4046]

🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@worldgate989]

Most of that stuff is from/for a ciena t6500 server rack setup. Probably worth more to sell it on ebay than scrap it.

[@muhammadaltaf4121]

hi broke every thing

[@joker6374]

Yep server rack setup

[@comechill8789]

facts

[@MikeTheScavenger]

I still have all of it. Looking for a buyer

[@ROHITSHARMA-um9fw]

@@MikeTheScavenger price?

[@blamegame1013]

Look how much wasted recycling opportunities these businesses have. Even the homeowners. Drives me nuts.

[@jacobturman5602]

blamegame101 lol yeah I forced my boss to take cell tower coax lines to the scrap yard and he made 400 bucks. He was baffled.

[@stupidgermo4112]

This guy has so much confidence I wanna dumpster dive now😀🤴

[@robrot5460]

I hope I’m not repeating anyone but the DR machine is a walk behind brush cutter.

[@frederiksen8893]

11:00 FART ! LOL

[@konalis808]

My hubby has that exact respironics c-pap. Each machine has to be measured and set according to the patients needs. The machines aren’t cheap. Cost us over $300. Saved my marriage. Worth every penny. 😂😂😂

[@vanessahouston3031]

I love watching ur videos. You a lot of fun. Your karate moves are hilarious. Love it.

[@barrylonyai1530]

hi mike great great dumpster scores a lot of nice computer stuff. that 1 machine is a walk behind for high and tall grass to cut machine it is very good for tall grass and thick weeds .

[@adventuresunknown1013]

Hello Mike, sweet finds.

[@TheDR93]

dude you need your own character in rick and morty. the voice is spot on

[@komododragon4295]

sounds like a wigger to me

[@robertevras6577]

Silver bricks were power supplies...:) weird mower is one of this infomercial RT Trimmers....they basically work like a mini bush hog. Good for heavy weeds and tall grass

[@dianelewis6321]

Ooo look at that!!!!!

[@chrisk7626]

I like Brewer and Shipley "One Toke Over The Line sweet Jesus"

[@chrisk7626]

You can laugh I had to edit it I'm dyslexic there's a prime example

[@stephenson123123]

I love this channel ❤️

[@martinsmith5670]

Ciena is a company in Ottawa, Ontario Canada. They specialise in communications hardware. Long story short you have bits and pieces of a modular switch gear system. Used to work there a few years ago. Sad to see their hardware is in a dumpster.

[@squirrelorama]

12:58 *Makes ungodly racket, briefly looks around to see if anyone noticed* "Oops..." 😂😂😭

[@bethdavis1812]

5,000 views only 500 likes? Don't understand press the like button y'all awwwwwwwww! Alright alright alright .

[@rebeccabaker7672]

That black box with the daily is a part of a CPAP machine

[@jamesdufresne4738]

yummy dumpster Donuts you know I'm going to eat that when I turn this camera off right😂😂😂😂

[@fukyeafuk1n0ath74]

Right after he said that an ad popped up

[@selfro2382]

@@fukyeafuk1n0ath74 yea same, but aleast wasn't a food add

[@geegeepie468]

Dumster dounuts lmao 😂😂😂😂

[@flemmingrostock5340]

Mike's midnight Raid. gottabestrong

[@swampgator2012]

Silver metal boxes are computer power supplies. Likely from a server system. Edit. Those boxes all contain server system parts.one more ...that’s a big ram blade I believe I saw some good gold recovery stuff there if you do that.

[@bluemountaindrivepae]

The boxes have a fragile symbol. Tossed them like a basketball. They are scrap now.

[@destrybroderick9736]

I'm sure they were thrown in the dumpster with loving care.😂😂

[@crazycanadian8471]

As u thrown it all in it breaks lol

[@davidscottnoble303]

Find a local weekly computer fair if you have those in the US. Always good to find people who will be able to loosely identify things at the very least.

[@jeffmame605]

You could do a side hustle - Mike's Mystery Electronics and Dumpster Doughnuts - WOOO

[@brendonxixix8903]

hahahaha

[@criticalchronic6059]

"Yall know im gonna eat it when this camera turns off" *Camera turns off* Everyone: ...

[@Mitchell1388]

I about died laughing when the cat meowed

[@RyanTaylor228]

There are sites that buy used toner carts. All that electronic stuff is gonna be great money! Awesome finds, and great video as always! Owwwwwwww!

[@frannyescue293]

The yellow thing w big back wheels and hub on front is a trimmer. There is supposed to be a pulley and a hub on front w holes in it to put trimmer line in.

[@kctyphoon]

Thats a whole bunch of stuff youd never find anyone to buy, but cost big money to get new. The “fiber management” panel is where a buildings fiber optic service would be terminated. Its a rack mounted terminal. Basically that panel is where their fiber service is brought to by a provider, say Verizon / ATT - and the service would then be jumped into their own buildings network with a fiber optic jumper wire. Basically one port on that panel can run an entire building.. it might be something more “specific” then that - but thats a general explanation

[@smithersonjones]

That little box looks like a CPAP machine for sleep apnea

[@timgrogan883]

Cpap for sure I got one just like it and those batteries are $$$$.

[@charlottebayford]

I made my first dumpster driving video insprised by your videos. thanks xx

[@STONEDay]

Soda heads, my guess, are controlled by solenoid valves (electromagnets) smash it open and get all the copper! That large medical battery pack (reconfigured) is the perfect number of cells to power an electric skateboard! 18650 cells when salvaged, & if they are good (hold a charge/have capacity) sell for $1+ each. Looked like about 20 cells in that pack. "Hi-pot" is a type of 'burn in' test where the equipment is put under load for a period of time. Usually 24 hours. Most of them metal boxes are all power supplies..3 large prongs (line voltage) in and a bunch of smaller low voltage DC outputs & grounds. $$$$ 23:35 look like a plug in fiber optic daughter board for some communication equipment..blue plug is where the fiber goes.

[@larryd4352]

The ResMed stuff was a portable, Travel size CPAP or Bipap machine for people with sleep apnea. It looked like the actual machine was trashed, but the carrying case, which you left in the dumpster, and the other ResMed stuff is worth decent money. If you find ResMed stuff again, don't throw it in your truck. It might have been a trade in unit...which..if it still worked...could have been worth at least $75 bucks, maybe even $100. These machines run around $400-$1000 brand new.

[@donnapadgett6583]

Enjoyed your video. God bless you and be safe

[@chrisk7626]

Mike let me give you a good suggestion it'll help you out immensely just think it through if you're parked your truck right up against the side of the dumpster you can climb on the bumper into the bed on the side into the dumpster and throw anyting from the dumpster easily back into your truck you need to think outside of the box Mike you don't need a hammer you got a truck full of heavy stuff that big cast-iron piece you just got you could have slammed it writing to that glass and it would have shattered in the bottom and then you could have just cleaned out the glass and had clean aluminum if I can't find my hammer I just picked the next heaviest thing pipe Etc

[@MikeTheScavenger]

I know man, I think I just get a little juiced up with Adrenaline and go into “boot scootin boogey” mode

[@jayr9810]

Mike visits 20x as many dumpsters or more than what is actually made into each dive video. Parking right up next to each one is not practical and is why he uses a skateboard or scooter to cover more ground.

[@MatthewFrazierr]

more garage sale videos please have a good one

[@dylanhigginbotham4520]

Gots a fragile logo on the boxes.... chunks them into the truck!

[@margarethalveslimalima7157]

Você é top o melhor dos garimpeiros de rua que Deus abençoe sempre.

[@dimmerman123]

You should get one of those collapsable foot ladders to hop in dumpsters!

[@janetthurston852]

I use mine all the time. I don't jump inside but I do get better angles with my grabber!😁

[@ralphramirez7815]

Life is like a box of chocolate. Scrapity scrap scrap scrap.

[@UVNNETWORK]

Hello, if you read this Havê a good day

[@repurposeful]

Love mystery boxes fun unveiled the contents on video!!!!

[@peterscheffer3578]

Love these mystery box episodes!

[@helenchurch3577]

great dive enjoined every minute of it MIKE IS # 1

[@shaunyshaun86]

Looks like you stumbled upon a CIA super computer haha

[@1SpudNuts1BigNasty-DIY]

Those silver things are IT network or server power supplies. Looks like DELL or HP. The 'breather" things are parts to C-PAP sleep apnea devices.

[@jkxtc2016]

Like the way you dumpster dive ....your kool....

[@johnsonrodney1977]

Thanks again Mike for another great upload

[@msylvain59]

Didn't you notice the dates on the NIS boxes ? all from 2019 ! Super expensive super modern stuff, direct in the dumpster. Waste at its finest.

[@RED-ft8gl]

msylvain59 unless they don’t work lol

[@FSHNKNG]

Those are all very valuable electronic components for a server tower. Do your research before scrapping, Those are big money items online.

[@bigraymie]

Yup... Look like removable power supply's for servers...

[@MilesProwerTailsFox]

I need one lol

[@FSHNKNG]

@@MilesProwerTailsFox we all need them big money items from time to time.

[@devincanton5046]

Yall know I'm eat it when i turn the camera off!🤣🤣🤣 them there some good donuts 😋

[@donnataniamaria2402]

Hiiii mikey 👍👍😁🤗😁 another awesum dive 👍😁👍

[@todtiger]

Nice one

[@dragos2010full1]

those 2 big psu are actually 2 brand new x5000a1 5000watts 48volts rectifiers for a x5000 server and are worth 1.3k$ on the used market

[@tutordave]

It's just like Christmas every day for a dumpster diver (Waste Prevention Specialist). 🙂

[@TorontoPopulistConservative]

Those metal boxes look like power supplies for servers or some other industrial electronics

[@edwardmajka3144]

Marathon Watching 4/17/23 More Nighttime videos… oooowww!! 😂 😅

[@cndream1]

***************** DR Field and Brush Mower Company, it is there heavy duty weed and brush trimmer. A little pricey brand new, ********* The cast iron could be worth $20 as is or even more if vintage. If older than 1960 it WILL NOT have "made in USA" on bottom

[@paninisinabox]

Just found this channel . Hilarious.

[@robertsmiczsmiczamplificat593]

The ciana stuff is fiber optic networking stuff. For the right person its expensive stuff. I think those are fiber optic transmitters and receivers. Expensive!!!

[@susanhaney6824]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[@dianna3157]

EVERYONE else read NIS, but MY brain read SIN, hmmm...gotta get my head outta the gutter. Naughty OLD lady. LOL Also, all of you commenting on Mike throwing unopened packages into his truck without knowing what it is, MOST companies pack their products with enough packing supplies to withstand the laziest and grumpiest UPS or USPS delivery driver. Am I the only person to have witnessed them chucking packages over fences or dropping them onto a front porch? Amazon alone uses enough packing air bubbles to float a car. Just something to think about. 🙂 I 💙 MTS!

[@grimsbypyro2349]

love how u thorw it all in yha truck haha

[@amandaslaw81]

U need a diving buddy! I loved diving me and my ex would go it was so much fun. Literally some fun ass all nighters in all weather in the trash bins laughing our ass's off and making money at the same time. Beats a regular 9 to 5 anyday

[@Trizzzay]

Big money in those server parts

[@Zippy3435]

The boxed things are allot of server stuff, the big heavy stuff is modular power supplies for the servers and the fiber things are for fiber optic internet

[@adey88splace]

Thanks for the cat scream.

[@adaac]

Pure entertainment

[@jerryodom3810]

Good video . Thanks for not cussing and using bad language. Several others do and I won't watch them. GOD'S blessings to you.

[@mr_jake.y8348]

Keep your eye on that hurricane stay dry.

[@Spinningininfinity]

These"bad units" are power units, lots of copper my man! 🤗

[@THE-SLAUGHTERHOUSE.]

Get you a utility tool with a glass breaker for stubborn glass.

[@michaelherrera2332]

This guy reminds me of a Rick and Marty character.

[@dcaban85]

The asmr-ness in this show has cured my cancer. thank you goodold-man

[@tempestnz1]

There is a film on KZbin called 'run from the cure' worth a watch.

[@MegaDirtyberty]

Excellent, more dumpster diving videos, they are too short though.

[@aRustyPatina]

Damn! I could really use that Bushwacker rig! Does the motor turn? Heck, I’d be willing to make a run up to you from San Antonio even if the motor is bad. Hit me up Mike! Great Vid as alway!

[@MegaDirtyberty]

Give it to this person.

[@jasonspink1981]

That "eltek" is the controller for those 3 knock off valere power supplies. You need a rack to control them with it. They will still work without the controller if you just plug them in, I used to repair those.

[@jasonspink1981]

It looks like you went dumpster diving at a telecommunications repair shop.

[@redymr8229]

lets go Mike... find our treasures.. owwwwwwwwwwwwww

[@Shasta790]

Oh man you threw that cast iron pan it deserves love

[@irishrebel1976]

A cheap center punch from Harbor Freight would solve any future glass issues.

[@donnataniamaria2402]

Hiii mikey you should Google the stuff and sell in on eBay it could be worth sumfing... ❤️ Moneys probably knocking on ur door 👍😁