Dumpster Diving "Rain On My Head"

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!

[@jodyinutah48]

Mike I adore your charm and witty ways. I'm a 73 yr old disabled shut in that used to dumpster dive and shop in front of homes for city wide cleaning. Those were the day! Thank you for taking me along. I cuss and laugh and answer you. I'm alone living in Utah with my 2 dogs, no family. So congratulations, you just gained a Nana Jody. Please don't stop being you! Nana Jody

[@robertordewald8678]

I'm 62 in the same boat. Most of these guys never answer a msg or email, Mike does. He may be nuts but he's my kind of nuts!

[@user-ug3tx2gg4s]

لؤي

[@finetune1031]

Don't listen to the haters Mike. You are doing good work for your community!

[@sherryluna8325]

It is refreshing to see a hard working young man like yourself You have a kind heart and manners. You are funny as hell too. I would expect nothing else from a Texas Boy.

[@cheggs04]

There were memory card you through to the side Mike You are one of who actually clean up 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I award you the gold stars

[@lindaseto2386]

I like hearing Mike say in every video Hold up Watch yo head What up open top

[@MrDm2609]

what we got here y'all

[@burnindaylighthomestead2977]

Inner workings of the scrapper mind .... priceless and entertaining. 😁 thanks for the smiles.💓

[@genehasenbuhler2594]

Great haul tonight Mike! Rain don't stop ol Mike The Scavenger😁👍

[@eagleeyes5638]

Greetings Mike. The Rain drops keep falling on your head, yippee. You can take it, get all that metal (even snippets). Vandal Vlogs, Scrapping with grandpa & Florida scrapper says a little rain won't her you. GOD BLESS you always. PLEASE PLEASE be CAREFUL. Be safe,healthy &blessed.

[@boomerraider4010]

Let’s the juice 🧃 loose 😳, hello 👋 Scavengers-Army!!

[@fredsilvers1427]

Your good attitude alone is admirable. It actually helps me. It gets tiresome seeing the world circle the drain. People like you give me hope.

[@patsysmith4096]

Fabulous Buff Scrapper. The Saint of Scrapping. Love the antique Sears roebuck old laythe piece. You are great!

[@tylerthomas2350]

Holly content Mike! After subscribing I had to go back to the early days and just now finished watching them all.

[@Paul-fi2kf]

You will find your self going back a few times favourite channel

[@longdatedoptionsleaps6112]

Ive pretty much watched his entire content…. Its better than a lot of stuff on Netflix 😎

[@robinscarborough8272]

I do the same!!

[@brianwv64]

The little tool with the blue handle is a hacksaw, used for tight areas

[@basilssoc61]

Haven't watched a Mile video in months ... time for binge watching ; ) NZ Keep safe xx

[@rebacunningham3773]

You find so many great things. Wish I was young again..thanks mike😊😊😊

[@marylousinger3489]

I sure do get my workout when you go dumpster diving because I am always trying to help you. But, as hard as I try, I don't seem to be of that much help. I'm just glad you are the strong one of us.

[@superchuck3259]

After hitting the dumpster juice, you need to do some river scavenging! That would get you cleaned up!

[@bridgetbrown8351]

Yay! What a great scavenger haul. Awesome! Thank you for sharing this scrap haul.👍🤗🤩😍😇❤👌

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Another vid of the wonderful random things you find in dumpsters over there! 👌

[@christinelowery6195]

You would think if someone was going to make a turd they would do it behind the dumpster 🤣

[@Firejoker54]

18:14 Aight that gave me a chuckle lol

[@mjlnard]

Well Mike if it rains anymore I might just build myself an ark 😂🌧️🌧️

[@donnabailey]

If anyone is having a bad day they just need to watch your videos they will surely cheer you up Love them all

[@frankforrest1597]

Mike great haul bud. I have the same lathe that you found, inherited from my father. Hook up a 1/2 HP motor to it and some turning chisels from Harbor freight and you can make table legs, lamps, candle sticks, etc. Maybe worth holding on to for future wood projects/furniture. Aaooooww, y'all! 😉👊👍✌

[@mjlnard]

Great to see you working the odds and scrapping in the dumpster juice. Keep up the good work

[@rhondaredeemedprodigal]

We simply love your videos and watch them over and over

[@auddboss]

Thank goodness a video

[@julieblack8130]

Yay at last, I have missed you

[@sbarnett6720]

"Welcome to the truck , sucka!" 👌👌😂😂

[@donnapadgett6583]

Absolutely amazing finds and your ability to make it all gets loaded. Be safe and God bless you

[@teresabowen3317]

YOU MAKING A HONEST DOLLAR 💰💰💰❤❤❤😀😀😀🇺🇸

[@maureengill240]

Hi Mike🙋🏻‍♀️ from a very wet Yorkshire in England 🇬🇧 Really Love your work🧤Keep safe and keep winning 👍

[@jamiekatz7591]

JUICE!!! I DON'T WORRY BOUT NO JUICE!! I got new boots on, what I need is some playtex dish washing gloves! Your right the lathe is best find.

[@Dav3Campb3ll]

Wow that cell phone dumpster just kept on giving!!! Great video keep em coming

[@simplysandy3288]

Great diving! I’ve had about enough of this rain than I can strand lol thanks so much for sharing 💜

[@rhondaredeemedprodigal]

Love from Kentucky ❤️👍🧡💛💚💙💜

[@lia-liz2012]

Every little snibbit adds up 🤔

[@tawnihaynie1065]

Cool Mike 👍👍👍😎😎😎❤️❤️❤️

[@pbs4535]

Mike you deserve the most out standing biggest dumpster diving awards you are truly the best.🏅🏆🏅

[@fredgillick3071]

Hey Mike, that blue tank would make a nice smoker. If I lived close to you, I would buy it from you.

[@tonistillions1058]

When I saw that blue tank I said " Oh Lord give him back strength cause I know he is going to get it out". I said use your legs not your back Mike. Good job Good finds tonight.

[@altonhouse9740]

Great haul, love the old wood lathe. Someone will definitely want it and restore, probably use it as well. Keep on scavenging.

[@jasinere35]

its deffo missing its motor & the frame it would have been bolted to

[@saulsscrappersdelight8875]

My man Mike, that pressure tank probably has a bad bladder inside, that's why it was tossed, that old CRAFTSMAN lathe is cool, heavy duty scrappity scrap!

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

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[@crowsparrow7169]

that lathe is dope man

[@JohnMichael-py3im]

Excellent job guys

[@wolfgangricky]

Hell Mike, you & the Mrs are woodworkers. Put that old lathe to work. Fun Vid !!!

[@tinathompson2877]

You worked hard for that blue tank. Thanks for another great video!!!

[@marcuslorensen8306]

Mike, The blue tank is water pressure tank. The main reason they are scraped is the rubber bladder located about 1/2 between ends is leaking water to air side, thus is no long good. usually only has 30 - 50 PSI pressure.Water side is on bottom, air side on top. Little blue cap on top has a air valve to incress air pressure, but once cap is removed, warranty is void.

[@onefixitman]

Mike those compressor air tanks are very useful and if it is not leaking you got a great deal. "FREE"

[@ramoshurgaia7651]

Good job.

[@richardwarnock2789]

Thank's Mike Smell ya Later!!!; ) Nice Haul!!!

[@cditzler6313]

omg that first breaker box you said oh thats heavy my thought woohoo its full of gold all that preacher stuff and movies you may need to burn them prolly should have watched this one before the scrapyard run haha

[@Kreygore]

There's something very soothing when you collect the snippits

[@nancymorrison9978]

Good morning Mike! Good to see you surviving those crazy weather patterns. A magnet on a stick to get past the gross and snag the snippets.👌

[@wildman6755]

Boom boom a boom watch for juice mike.

[@handymanhoney-do6881]

Whenever I get a fridge/freezer, etc I put it on its back/open-end up and fill the empty space with scrap. Especially good for poles & sticks or big wads of wire. Bonus--after sorting, pack that fridge full of same type scrap and drop it all at once at the scrapyard.

[@rob13854]

Another great video Mike, some good finds, especially the lathe. Keep entertaining us mate. Rob T Australia.

[@MaryJohnson-pg1hp]

Good morning Mike, just watching you , you are so funny you made my day. Be bless.🤗

[@marciac.9634]

Just incredible! We currently have a lathe like the one you found. It works well!!! It is early 1950’s. We have a Craftsman table saw from this same era. Needed some craftsman parts for it. Found the parts on eBay. Parts for lathe might also be on eBay depending on what’s needed. Wonderful what you do. More people need this work ethic. Thank you.

[@TheNesbittExperience]

Stopped bye to say congrats on your vintage craftsman lathe! Wow! My uncle Bob was a talented craftsman, and I’ve def seen that before! Very cool, Mike! 👏🏻🥳

[@seleciabrowning3497]

You not flooded glad u back at it love u and show dee

[@chrisk7626]

When I come to a dumpster and it's full of nothing I call it full of crapulence😁

[@petekbleeepingaustralia8720]

Mike 🤘 godbless thou bin with goodness

[@marielg9143]

I heard it supposed to rain all the way up to August No It's raining here and the temperature dropped then it's supposed to go up again and rain rain rain....Your gonna have to get a rain suit. Love your video's and your candor. Thanks Mike for your consistency. Stay safe young man.

[@lorimilks870]

I think my ocd would kick in and I'd pick up all the mess around the dumpsters even if I didn't make the mess.

[@lia-liz2012]

Me too, it bugs the crap outta me but I've seen worse on other scrapper channels. His are relatively neat there in Texas 🙂

[@lorimilks870]

@@lia-liz2012 oh me too! And the food divers dumpster areas are horrible.

[@fernandoantoniobernalbarei1415]

Cierran cablevisión en Estados Unidos, México y Argentina

[@andrewlayton1616]

Hey Mike keep the scraping vids coming I love watching.

[@bluetoad2001]

start right off with a dorm room “wire spool” coffee table. ✌️✅😎

[@cicikids3035]

Thx host with the most!

[@gearheadwes]

Dude, you should totally keep that OldSchool lathe!! They don't make them like they used to. Good quality!

[@maralynhuntington2071]

Great job mike

[@helenchurch3577]

good job Mikey be careful and stay safe love these video's

[@markhicks359]

Wow on the craftsman lathe

[@bethdavis1812]

Dumpster bin juice awwwwwwwwww!!!!

[@MrDbone75]

Good Tuesday afternoon to you all in the USA from Wellington Somerset in the UK

[@d.t.4523]

Eewwww I can smell you from here Mike! 👍 🤣

[@Azoreanislandgirl]

I like Butterflies 🦋 I agree I haven't thrown any paint cans out. I go to my nearest place to make sure that it's been handled properly.

[@victorphillips6654]

Kansas city Missouri we have had rain for 10 days straight

[@jkartwork8585]

You are the BEST

[@rodbollinger7017]

Big blue tank makes great bbq grills and smokers.

[@demetricadement1138]

Their junk equals your cash. Keep it up Mike.

[@jeanodom597]

Cool socks 😎

[@susanmcintyre8383]

Doing alright alright you are my lunch hour entertainment😁❤😁

[@CRUCIFi777]

I think more sound effects would be a good thing in this case, the occasion whip crack while snapping up snibbets for example.

[@michaelyarmie4858]

Hey Mike Mike from Winnipeg watching get a laugh from your anticks.

[@ThePearsonExperience]

We are sick of the rain too in the Central Texas.... keep the vid's comin Mike

[@joan7823]

Send some to me .... I need my rain water tanks filled....cheers... 🐨🦘🐨 🦘

[@jillbyrd7072]

hey mike, love watching you and guess what....they call me Jilly Bean!

[@josephcormier5974]

Nope there was a rust hole in the bottom good scrap though another fine video thanks

[@floraf.edwards2552]

Thanks Mike for the video, you hit it big tonight in the juice dumpster.

[@davidhermiz9705]

Those blackberries when they came out those were for top-notch people

[@davidoneal5399]

You are the best bro. I really dig your vids

[@davidthimell7845]

The worst thing about rain is the humidity after

[@onefixitman]

There is always that random 5 gallon bucket in the big open top dumpsters.

[@rman8028]

Mike? Will you take $10 for the watch? Oh yeah, that 5 centisimos was a Panamanian nickel! You gave me flashbacks of my wonder years since I lived in the Canal Zone back in the late 60s--early 70s.

[@medwolf1347]

cool videos man..watch you from saskatchewan canada all the time..keep on keeping it real brother

[@tinabrewer_24ab12]

Nice vid. Those soft side ryobi cases would be good for hand guns. Keep them protected.

[@garywheeler7039]

If they are lockable. Good point.

[@tracisikkes7916]

Raining in Michigan while I was watching this...

[@rogerroger7734]

I changed a ballast in a light today and cut a bunch of wire out of the old one and said ahhh Mike I got you some snibbets. I’m in Maine though.

[@centermando4160]

From Egypt 🇪🇬 I tell you, by God, I will come to you

[@SouthOfGate]

You could have made an awesome floor fan with that bright blue exhaust fan you found in the crate welded to the blue tank. Just put it on some of those heavy duty casters.

[@chriscyrus2983]

Mike you are getting what we have, you see I live in the state of Vancouver, WA west from you