Dumpster Diving "It's Slick & Sticky"

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!

[@Champagne1]

HOLY CRAP !!! You could have picked my eyes up off the floor and my jaw with it when you just lifted that stove right out of the dumpster !!!! 😲😲😲♥️🌈🇨🇦. And the old cookbooks usually have the BEST RECIPES.

[@EricReynolds66]

Anyone else get excited when you hear Mike say, "big ol' open top?"

[@E-hab]

For sure

[@kristinjohnson5396]

Straight up lol!!! Cracks me up👍😜

[@Champagne1]

Ohh Ya !!! But then, I get excited when he says “watch your head everyone”. I start ducking. Lol lol lol 😂. ♥️🙏🇨🇦

[@brendamckenzie2451]

Nooooooooo

[@brendamckenzie2451]

Don’t like when he say, hoes in the trash, or Holy this and that.

[@alicelouise1]

cant thank you enough for keeping my spirits up while in hospital for my cancer treatments you make me laugh.

[@cmmc3400]

LMAO... Now I feel old! " These are some Oooold school cookbooks y'all. 1961!" The year I was born.

[@kimratcliff3279]

Mike, just fyi the mail boxes are bought by the landlord/ owner. They were in the trash, they are yours.......but you could call the post office and let them know you have scrap boxes that have "postal issued locks" still installed. It's the big lock holding the entire door closed. It's called an "Arrow key lock". They sure would appreciate it.

[@jessicahedin5140]

It be fun to spend a day scavenging with you or preparing for garage sale.

[@rickycarter1142]

First videos I look for is yours. Keep them coming.🤙

[@Jibbie49]

Mike is like the Little Engine That Could, just keep checking dumpsters until he strikes pay-dirt.

[@melvinyoung3474]

Metal doors are also filled with wood and/or expanding foam.

[@lisauptagrafft2010]

Holy cow, just how strong are you; to lift a stove straight out of the dumpster!!! I am impressed! 💪🏻💪🏻. ✌🏼❤️

[@jessicahedin5140]

When you bang on the dumpsters and get all excited when you see something in the dumpsters. You remind me of animal on the muppets banging on his drums . But in your case you play the drumpsters 😂

[@snoozin99]

I'd use them lockers for my shop lol, they'd be great for keeping all your miscellaneous stuff in them. :)

[@frankforrest1597]

Nice haul brother Mike! If possible, try to sell the mail boxes, there big bucks bud, much more than scrap. Another fun adventure Mike, even if it wasn't all that "slick and sticky" Awoooo ya'll 👊👍✌️

[@gatormike1434]

The hot tip for favorite shoes with holes in the bottom is Shoe Goo from Walmart. It makes your soles like new (around $5). Thanks for the vids.

[@OriginalNethead]

Those cookbooks have an audience, especially these days. The old ones are where the good recipes are from before they made them "healthier" and "easier" and removed the resemblance to food.

[@moeloogham8463]

You've got an eagle eye. Half the time, I see only garbage where you spot valuable articles. Way to go!

[@philliplozano7326]

Hi Mike, I would never dumpster do e your spots Brother because I consider myself a "Pallet Picker Extraordinaire", you can build a pretty cool extra garage/shop or even a small spare room! Keep on pickin' and makin' your vids Mike and you be safe and God Bless you and th' loved ones!! 🦝

[@timothynewell2943]

Nice find on that big copper wire.

[@peterrobson9920]

Howdie Mike, don’t suppose we could get a video of you visiting your computer guy..would be a great insight into the process of saving all those computer components

[@evriellesmith6659]

eWaste Ben

[@patprop74]

@@evriellesmith6659 lmaooo Right, that would be a long drive and swim though

[@MildFracas]

patprop74 lolz ain't that the truth 🤣

[@jimschaffer9831]

Enjoy your videos. Keep up the entertainment. Jim's wood shop.

[@Vault57]

Mike, Look on the hinge edge of doors for a underwrighters label denoting a door as a fire rated door. Also look inside factory made holes predrilled for screws, lock set mortises and hinge mortise. If you can see ANY white or light gray material inside the door through these holes...it’s asbestos (this was how I would get my samples from a door without busting it open). This applies to wood doors as well, I’ve seen a few construction site messes due to ignorance regarding fire doors. A worker with a 20 dollar tool can make a 2000 dollar mess in very little time. Most of these doors will come from buildings prior to the late 1970s.

[@Tinabme1166]

OMG I collect those type of old cookbooks. I have over 2000 in my collection. I saw them and said oh I want them. Then realized this was 3 years ago lol

[@johnwootton9031]

Mike is like it’s all mine stay out of my dumpster 😂😂😁👍😎✌️

[@johnzee691]

Those mail boxes, the only thing that the post office owns is the main key mechanism that open the whole side exposing every mail slot.the keys in the individual doors are not postal property. That whole box can be unscrewed and parts replaced as opposed to it being all welded. Different kinds of stuff there. There’s probably a resale value on it as a whole that’s better than just scrap. Post office stuff is all fading away. Cool find

[@chrisj3091]

Up cycle mail boxes Retro ...respray dril! Some holes in Back out some lights in.... Retro storage even for a kitchen can me made into spice cupboards ect...... Just saves scrapling

[@stephensmith3708]

And I bet that Scrap and Pallet man, Paul, was praying for you. That's a blessing and a half!!! Scored big on that wire, bro! PS, get the cans man, its aluminum, too. A bit of scrappidy scrap scrap!!!!!!

[@MommaOG]

I love old cookbooks, man that wire tho heck yeah good scrapity scrap, good job Mike love those mail boxes 2 😎🤟

[@bige854]

30:45 totally a piece of art

[@rebacunningham3773]

Love your videos mike. Thanks mike😊😊😊...

[@patprop74]

The law says you can't read someone's mail, they never said anything about taking their mailbox lmaoooo

[@teressarickard239]

Texas Picker always looks threw old books. He has found money between the pages!

[@francesconrad9671]

Love the cook book , people put them in the yard sale They sale like hot cakes

[@JOMAR3]

Those mail boxes can be sold people love that kind of stuff for storage in small places etc

[@2-STROKEFUN]

“Squeezing the juice” love the movie quotes Mike! Keep em’ coming!

[@normajeancaballero7959]

Most excellent box of cookbooks. 📚📔📕📗📘📙📚

[@priscillawhite5971]

Hey Mike...The mail boxes would be nice painted and would be great for kids rooms for shoes..Thanks for taking us along always fun..Stay safe out there..

[@michaelpaton7127]

I seen a video where they glued all the pages in hard back books drilled holes through them all and put a lamp pole through the books and made a set of lamps.👍👍✌👊👊

[@davidchelson8069]

Paul!!!, get your pallets out of Mikes dumpster!!!

[@scooterllm]

Thanks for the education on cashier registers Mike!

[@ericthegreat1108]

Do a video on that big wire.. love to see what you get out of it

[@shericoley6871]

I can't believe I've never seen this episode!!! Anyway if you find old cookbooks like these please let me know I will buy and pay to ship to me I promise.

[@jacquieharrington7200]

Crafters, recyclers, et al would love those spools .. you find so many.

[@tammyreeves168]

I think I would just pull the sticker off the old mailboxes. You didn’t find any uncounted ballots in the mailboxes did you? Another great video by MTS. Stay safe and God Bless

[@helenchurch3577]

Good Job Mikey stay safe

[@jackjacke4654]

Comon Mike! Gotta be strong!!! Call scrap n pallet man! Pallets!!!

[@KG-xt4oq]

Just an idea to deal with the 'dumpster juice'...maybe keep a pair of oversized rubber boots/galoshes in the truck that you can slip on/off real quick. Would let you stomp around the bigger dumpsters/open tops without messing up your shoes.

[@ronniesalazar7177]

HAVE A GOOD Midnight 😊☺️😊 FROM CEBU

[@offwithhishead2556]

Cut the doors off those mailboxes and you have some fine workshop shelves. Big cable = big smiles!

[@joeycureton869]

Yeah. Stir up that dumpster juice

[@kathykindsvater1381]

LOVE the Encino Man reference!! Wheeze the juice....

[@dustinreid8096]

The mail boxes could make a good tool boxes

[@adalmartinez2340]

Weezing the juice reference to one of my favorite movies encino man

[@squirrelorama]

Look if you're edged cuz I'm weezin on your grindage, chill cuz if I had the whole Brady Bunch thing going on at my place I'd just go grind over there, so don't tax my gig so hardcore, cruster...

[@ramoshurgaia7651]

Good job.

[@graflex74]

Those mailboxes are worth more then scrap don’t scrap em.

[@andrewpowell6457]

Mike you found more Pallets for Paul LOL

[@michelebroyles6941]

I hope you kept those post office cabinets. They'd be perfect in your garage. Just take the doors off.

[@egerviktor6910]

Guten abend. 👍 👌 💪 💰 💵

[@unarri]

Always keep an eye out for "The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer" It's got quite the following and the super old ones can fetch a nice price. Also, the recipes are delicious!

[@deborah2063]

Wow 57! Crazy! Me: I'm older than that cookbook. 👵

[@snoozin99]

Brother, you must be living right to find that hose lol I mean straight-up copper, those things sell well just for 220 extension cords and man are they expensive. :)

[@jetman1963]

Mike I'm praying for you brother

[@demetricadement1138]

Mike can we see you stripping the 'hoses' with all that copper? Great scrap tonight.

[@randyhobbs67]

That was a scooby doo laugh. Hahaha!

[@fossilcreekkennels1973]

ATLANTA TX is northeast of you on HWY 59 south of Texarkana. About 45 miles.

[@kandiwolfe1125]

Right on!!

[@megapint8962]

IN OR AROUND THE DUMPSTER IS FAIR GAME 🤑👍👍

[@doggerproductions]

Love the night time scroungers.......seem more edgy😉👍☕

[@Kentucky2Country]

Them cook books will sale in a yard sale, old and young people love them, some of us woman collect them.

[@grizzlysadventure]

Atlanta Tx. N.E.Tx on Hwy 59 just south of Texarkana

[@marktaylor2644]

what ! I didn't see nuffin, I don't have any idea where he got all those mail boxes. Heck I wasn't even on the puter that day boss man. LOL. thanks for another great video.

[@wackyrice1]

You do a service x2. . . you free up space in the dumpster so the customer gets better use of it and you recycle stuff that shouldn't be going into the landfill anyway. . . so you GO boy.

[@sehlpup1262]

Old cookbooks are in high demand!!!

[@travisnichols2485]

Great find in the big copper cable if I find that I strip it and then melt it down into a bar

[@LizaTerraASMR]

Holy scrapoli cannoli scrappage

[@brookeburks6268]

Scrap & pallet man gave you a shout out on his latest video.

[@ariesmariano4592]

Very nice work mike

[@thomasherring1652]

I didn't see any mailboxes officer Obie.

[@jerryglass6513]

I collect older cookbooks. Will sell well in the yard sales

[@jerrywilliams8598]

Cooper gold for dumpster diving god

[@molliehouston3061]

I love, love that beat ❤

[@AquaGreenORAganicsWestLinn]

Hey that plastic fitting stuff cost $$$ the pipe is cheap but like that valve cost 15-45 $$$ the fitting are spensive. One of those reducer fitings goes for like 5 bucks there was like 75 ish dollars in parts you threw back

[@chuckclark9464]

There's still a lot of houses out there with asbestos shingles what they did was they put aluminum over it or vinyl and never took it off and people who buy houses later on find out they got to have all that asbestos rooms and it's not cheap.

[@curtjones1306]

I love paying your bills

[@michaelahagge7292]

Hi Mike -i so in joy,when you are tell something in german - so ein Mist - that was right - shit is scheiße thats right too - thank you - good wishes from good old Germany from Michaela

[@lindapuckett4842]

You might want to price cookbooks, I found my moms Betty Crocker from 1956 and it sells for 60 to 100 dollars , Love your vids

[@thunderfeetx9280]

Time to get some scrappy scap

[@suzanneenglish3279]

Mike can you show us how you strip the wire. Maybe show us what is inside.

[@jeanmi974caterpillar3]

helo Mike cool video ,bonne journée ..

[@whiteelephantvideos1343]

Mailboxes are privately made so they are not government property they're probably worth about two hundred bucks each

[@bradleyroberts6637]

I just had to replace that same glass oven door . It was $250!

[@turbolivesinmyheart6328]

Owooooo! Gotta be strong! Keep it up scrappenger.

[@davidsmith2750]

Old cook books sell good.

[@kevinjames9852]

You seem to be going around in circles with that metal door hehe

[@richardlake3244]

Holy snikeys Batman

[@remembergodisalwayswithyou6862]

Good night mike ☺

[@kripke2670]

@Mike The Scavenger Red nicht so ein Mist ^,^ Grüße aus Deutschland , habe dich aboniert - bist ein lustiger Kerl ;-)

[@robertlong8274]

Mike ... The only scrappers who would know where you go are the ones who live in your area and watch your channel ... I would just change locations every so often and then not show the area where you are riding through so much ... Some people have no integrity or respect for another persons territory ... You may not own the locations ... But you were there first ... It's just the principal ... Good luck ...

[@robertthompson3591]

Mike...You need to pump that iron....get strong dude

[@ingemcruz551]

Hey Mike...the expression " So ein Mist " translated in to english means "So ein Dung "( grosser Mist...lots of Dung )

[@gdvo6982]

consider those 'mail' objects would work in an industrial kitchen, lots of little cabinet spaces for pantry items-- fb mktplace?