Dumpster Diving 38 - Caught by Security!

Dumpster diving for some more treasures and scrap metal as usual, everything was going just great... until the security guy found us!
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[@TOTHEPOINT82]

Everyone welcome the chilled out security guard to the channel. Hes watching

[@garywheaton-lifewithgaz50]

Hey welcome super awesome security guard

[@sallyjones7737]

If your watching Mr security Guard Welcome to the channel, you were sweet, thanks for being kind to our "Thub" he's a good guy !! and enjoy the videos !

[@aborted4196]

Seth = Mall cop!

[@GMoney-B]

Hi chilled out security guard!

[@RGC-gn2nm]

Most of them are chill.

[@tannerc900]

Thumbs up to the security guard for being so chill. But also thumbs up to you for being cooperative and chill back. A lot of people would have given that security guard a hard time despite him being chill just doing his job

[@stevesrt8]

the security guy seemed pretty chill. thumbs up

[@chrisk5127]

Pickin’ scrap and potentially picking up new subscribers along the way. The security guard, like any person who comes across your channel, has to enjoy your videos.

[@thubprint]

He just might! That would be pretty cool haha

[@Swishersweetcigarilo]

He probably turned into a scraper lol

[@KentVorkink]

I admire your calm and mature demeanor in the face of a potentially contentious encounter. Also the fact that you didn't stop doing what you were doing just because Security arrived, which helps support the position that you weren't doing anything wrong. I suspect you've had dozens of similar encounters with homeowners, security personnel, and the neighborhood busybody. Thanks for the good example!

[@scottkiener9108]

Well said, we shouldn’t have to hide or slink around

[@thubprint]

It’s definitely come up plenty of times before! I’m just confident if anyone has any concerns they’ll make it pretty clear

[@gwynedd1]

I sometimes forage as a hobby. Its like scraping the weeds. I have had many encounters including at the police station which happened to have service berries, hack berries, nanny berries(whih ripen at different times but still astounding to have 3 edibles there). . Those always went well. In another case, which was a good spot for wild grapes (which makes a very drinkable wine) I was chased off last year. My favorite one must be the cornelian cherry at some apartment complex. . They are ripe when on the ground . The way I process is sterilizing anyway ( compote, wine , jam, syrup), but as I was picking them some woman in a car asked my if I was OK , and when I responded she followed with "Are you sure". I knew about scraping long time ago when I was a construction laborer. When I found a 3 foot long heavy gauge copper cable while foraging , well I realized now have two fields of opportunity.

[@paladinjustice6391]

Thub and the guard handled the situation perfectly. Great job by all. Great finds too.

[@modela4096]

All those wheel casters caught my eye. At $5 - $10 each, they are worth grabbing.

[@dr.a006]

That’s the conundrum: if you don’t get something when you see it in the dumpster, the next day it’s either buried or gone.😕 Nice load anyways!👍

[@thubprint]

Yup, gotta be ready at all times pretty much!

[@metaldetectingwiththesilva8311]

Thumb's up to the security guy! Great job if you see this buddy!

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

I thought the security guard was cool about it all.. but I did think you were pretty cheeky still loading all the wire while he was sussing you out! Hahaha 🤣

[@thubprint]

I honestly didn’t even think of that 😂 one track mind I suppose!

[@UltimatelyEverything]

Well you do what you have to do i guess i mean the security guard pretty much didn't care.

[@garethmccullough390]

After watching your videos the security guard probably jacked his job in and is now a scrapper too 😂

[@marywallace9243]

Always good when folks are not confrontational. Yes Mr Security "Leave It Better Than You Found It" is the moto of this station. Such a good example to us all. Invite him to return at will

[@thubprint]

Aww! 💙

[@Grand58742]

That first dumpster certainly had "steel is the meal" written all over it.

[@thubprint]

Really can’t ignore a heap like that!

[@silverlicious2086]

Nice haul, and nice security guy. Nice going and have a nice day!

[@Outcast569]

Keep at it buds. Always like seeing local.

[@lisaphillips7566]

I had been avoiding this video for a while because I'm super anxious about conflict, I'm so glad he was nice!

[@roberthobbs4284]

Hi my name is Rob Hobbs. IM FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. I just want to tell you ,Your one of the nicest humble scrapper I HAVE WATCHED ON UTUBE.MIKE THE SCAVENGER, THAN YOU.But your in that 1 spot now my friend 😀.Keep making these awesome videos....

[@roberthobbs4284]

Keep doing the thing 👌 your friend scrapper for as long as there is metals.....Rob hobbs

[@zowiesabulis2505]

Wow nicely done and what a great guy who came up to u while you were digging phew nice guy decent pay xx uk fan

[@david.perrip4316]

Love the vid man!! I hear that sometimes you hit the dumpster at just the right time!!

[@thubprint]

😁 you got it!

[@ShanLysanyin]

It is so nice to watch and learn from you. Where i life its a little different but thanks so much for al the tipps and tricks. Cheers and greetings from Berlin Germany

[@TITSTODIEFOR]

Good video as always. Thanks.

[@kathybricco1464]

Just found your channel and thoroughly enjoyed your discussions on everything....love that you took your daughter with you and how you interacted with the security guy. (You need to get some business cards!)

[@thubprint]

Well thank you for saying hi!

[@Idolmakercat]

You are the coolest, Thub.

[@theodorelueker5057]

That first dumpster is a gold vain. I'm old school and would want to empty the whole thing. But that is how my yard got so cluttered. I have ran across some pretty angry security in my dumpster days. This guy had questions and interest in what you were doing. It is much better than some I have dealt with.

[@roberthobbs4284]

Thank you .my name Rob ,As a father of 3 children, you inspire me,thank you,keep doing the thing and making these a vids.....

[@ccscraps6946]

Always good when security is cool.. Everytime I get stopped they think I'm illegal dumping.then I'm like I do a KZbin channel lol . Stay safe dude!

[@benhumphregys3087]

I always find it so satisfying when you fire wires !!

[@MrShekoexile]

Albuquerque NM USA impressive finesse with security. Down these parts it's unheard of to leave an encounter with security on any positive note.

[@thubprint]

Well I think it had more to do with his compassion than anything 😅

[@travelguide4415]

505 boys!!!! Left the land of entrapment 2007!

[@j_toledo419]

Very cool how you dealt with that, god knows I've been kicked out of places lol

[@stevendale7658]

Welcome chilled out security guard

[@shawndillon2329]

Really enjoying watching videos I’m too a scrapper and some reason u make scrapping more fun thanks again

[@davegriggs3863]

I am on the edge of my seat at 5:39.....waiting for the fuzz to show up....Never have like authority figures....the positions always seem to attract individuals with a propensity to bully people....

[@thubprint]

Oh I hear ya there. When a position of power is the main appeal you’ll get a certain type of individual applying

[@ryanmeyer4806]

Another great video. Keep them coming.

[@thubprint]

You got it!

[@saadrazzaq1946]

Love it brother☺

[@calgaryramblerreloaded]

I sure wish Thubprint would have a visit to my dumpster as it is often filled with metal scrap items

[@jimmiller6704]

A poster below mentioned the casters. You could build something out of them or sell them. Use them for the shelves you want at home..

[@felaa94]

Well that was one friendly security guy , also nice bin

[@thubprint]

Great bins! And yes, he was pretty chill about the whole thing. Really grateful for that!

[@robwaterfiled6168]

wish all security guards were as chilled as that one. Welcome if your watching

[@jimbo197536]

Williams Lake, BC! Awesome video. Keep em comin thub

[@thubprint]

You got it!

[@afineliner740]

He seemed nice, let's hope he IS nice (and now also a new subscriber). 👍

[@Carpenter_King86]

3:08 Brother... I tell ya, I've made some really mean "friends". I'm only 4 months into this awesome hobby. But I've got to get some magnetic door signs and maybe a roof cap saying "Recycle" or "SCRAP" . Most people think its weird to dumpster dive. I did too. But shit! It's a rush! Seeing all the free money people JUST THROW AWAY! I'm all about that scrap life now. And I'm one happy Panda. Love your content bro. Thanks for all the tips. Keep it up. CHEERS!

[@unclejohnbulleit2671]

Man I so enjoy watching these! I generally only get to recycle pop cans, but even so it's fun!

[@thubprint]

It’s pretty cool to see what other people can find!

[@franceszetts6874]

Love you little helper...cute

[@hifiguy77]

That dumpster would have been a resaler's dream. Those retail fixtures would have been worth far more than scrape values.

[@hifiguy77]

lol... which you mentioned about 30 seconds after commenting

[@kurtriemer3797]

Those caster wheels are valuable also.

[@majesticbuffaloman4327]

Nice score with all the metals! :D

[@thubprint]

Honestly worked out great 😊

[@davea5150]

Take the boxes and empty them later!! OMG 🤯

[@87elky383able]

I would be the guy you see running down the street with my ill gotten gains that somebody else just threw up and out from way down deep in the dumpster😂😂😂 (hopefully not for your sake) but im just waiting to catch that in a video✌️happy hunting

[@lihtan]

Diplomacy is always a good tactic. I'm sure the security guard has had prior interactions with people that were less than friendly. You made his day easier too, In all the decades I've been dumpster diving, I've only ever been hassled once. It was a Salvation Army donation center. The building was in a fenced lot, so you could only check the dumpster when they were open. The dumpster was kinda close to the back door. I suspected the staff were probably stashing things they wanted to keep in the dumpster. One of the staff members caught me there. I gave them shit for tossing e-waste into a dumpster that would end up as landfill waste. That didn't deter me from poking around there in the future. I would just do a quick hit and run on my bike, and get out of there before anyone noticed!

[@yayamathias9210]

I'm glad it seemed to go good.

[@timnavarrette6932]

I’ll be saving a lot of bolts and screws at work especially after removing termite boxed

[@UltimatelyEverything]

The security guard was surprisingly chilled he pretty much didn't care he was just curious to what Thub was doing.

[@yorkshiremonkey7576]

Good job Thub , always nice to see Wub too !! Onwards and upwards Rodders , onwards and upwards .

[@gregscoolclips9134]

Man I'm with you that guy was way to nice.

[@thubprint]

Right? Sorta gave me some kinda grinning viper energy, I don’t trust it

[@knightowl5729]

What a nice guard

[@thubprint]

Could’ve been a lot worse!

[@jxavier3876]

Nice useful casters on those mdf trolleys, getting harder to find these days.

[@thubprint]

Are they? Didn’t realize they would ever be hard to find

[@jamiejafolla9251]

Nice Dive

[@DumpsterMarcus]

Good day my man!!! Security seemed cool.

[@thubprint]

Seemed cool enough!

[@geofft3214]

Nice job Thub. Security was probably just checking you weren't dumping stuff.

[@thubprint]

Oh, true! I can totally see why that would be a major issue

[@_scrapman4324]

Prepared steel versus unprepared steel is graded based on dimensions. Prepared Steel is 3‘ x 4’; anything over that is unprepared, but no sheet steel.

[@ThePentadecagon]

cant wait til i can get a truck of my own after watching you dumpster mike, and scrap n pallet man.

[@thubprint]

A truck makes a huge difference! There’s a Brit who goes by vandal vlogs with a sweet setup in a van too, he’s got a toolbox on the wall and it’s basically a mobile shop space as well as scrap hauler. I’m a bit envious of how self-contained his system is tbh, so that could be a good way to go as well

[@ThePentadecagon]

@@thubprint true i just like the idea of an open top storage cuz you can stack up and over the side rails some whilst still being safe plus trucks handle a lot more weight.

[@vincedibona4687]

Definitely get an open bed truck, IMHO. I am working out of a 4Runner and it is quite limiting. Plus, you hear every squeak and rattle, plus you possibly introduce bugs into your cabin.

[@Manhandle730]

This is why you attack under the cover of darkness!! Smoke bombs that you toss down and instantly produce a massive amount of thick smoke are handy too.

[@Tardxan]

If there’s anything I learned from watching Mike The Scavenger, it’s that you need to pull up confident, move fast, and most importantly - *you’re gonna need a box.*

[@thubprint]

Solid diving tips from one of the best in the biz 😁

[@daytonbaker8407]

Good scrap channel anyone in the twin cities i recomend cruising dinky town all the college parties lead to remodels every year to keep tjings looking good so there 20 pkus dumpsters this size in a 3 block radius ive had alot pf sucess there

[@franceszetts6874]

You could sell a lot of that wood.... People, org., school shops, etc.

[@jeffarto8340]

Out of all the videos I've seen about a hundred and never seen one security incident. It looks like a first time event in years for you.

[@thubprint]

I think that’s why people usually go at night 😂 Maybe I was right about being too noisy

[@vincedibona4687]

Definitely why I go out at night.

[@Sk8-OR-DIE]

Respect 😊

[@mattharvey2031]

Grab the heavy casters off those carts, that’s probably $60.00-100.00 Or more if you bought them, they are handy to use on projects also.

[@jasonespinoza1191]

Those casters!

[@sallyjones7737]

Hey Mr Security Guard guy don't forget to subscribe and hit that bell!!😘

[@thubprint]

😂💙

[@grahamheath3799]

good haul; puzzled why when approaching a large chunk of cast iron you approach it with a carpenters hammer (you aren't alone). Get a decent size lump hammer good things happen then!!

[@ariesmariano4592]

Wow very very nice video

[@jeffswartek7356]

Great vid. Dude, those casters could be worth some decent cashola.

[@thubprint]

I did save a box of them, have to look them up! They are the best design for various uses with the flat plate, though in hindsight I should have grabbed all of them

[@davidharwood9552]

My view treat others as you would be expected to be treated yourself. Are you doing anything wrong. I don’t think you are. Mr security appeared to have the same feeling. Good on you both.

[@mkbman45]

The security guy was a good person. I've done that job and sometimes it's nice just to see another human being. He probably just wanted to talk.

[@thubprint]

It did kinda feel like he was just interested in what was going on!

[@viakion2125]

just got back from finding tons of scrap metal. found lots of ppl doing same. is fun

[@thubprint]

It’s lots of fun!

[@timnavarrette6932]

Bro kudos to you and becoming cool with the law hell yeah. I live in New Orleans and my friend David been in law in law enforcement for twenty something years from New Orleans PD and fire department now EMT. He tells me when he was in the police department and on the job and off the job he’ll pick up a bullet like it’s a lucky penny. And he’s a good gun range cleaner lol

[@kevink.2719]

Nice security guy

[@thubprint]

He was pretty decent about the whole thing!

[@danielsteward5090]

You have to treat a dumpster find like a second hand store,get it when you see it. It might be gone when you look again.

[@ScrappingwithGrandpa]

I have had security guards walk up to me while I was in the dumpster and just keep walking never have they asked me anything

[@mrfatboy327]

At 23:01 , the metal hes throwing into the pile.. Did he sell that already or is it just scrap he picked up purely to drop off at the recycling center?

[@Warpcaller]

Great video as always, keep up the good work!

[@thubprint]

Ty 😊

[@danielwggudan2]

That security guard was a tool. Acts like he’s guarding the pentagon

[@RGC-gn2nm]

Those cart casters are a buck each.

[@j_toledo419]

Guard was really cool tho, I've dealt with some "not so cool" ones in my time

[@ColonialDoubleDouble]

Do you scrap at federal metals lol, I’m there almost daily with scrap from my work and job sites?

[@jokinmyass9446]

Those wooden crate boxes that have the handles cut out go for $10-$25 a pop to crafters online

[@jimmyhoneycutt1]

I'm fresh out of comments, but here's a little sump'n for the algorithm.

[@davidbolton184]

What do you when you have a very nice high end appliance That is too expensive to fix but you just don’t have the heart to scrap it out

[@diannekhan5814]

Haha you have the voice of an office guy lol. Watch mike the scavenger her the man for scrap

[@saltyassassins5816]

There's always using the snap tool pallet man uses

[@thubprint]

Snap tool? I have a lot of catching up to do on his vids

[@AndyMH182]

How do they tell how much steel you have? It looks like you are just tossing it on the ground. I assume they weigh your truck before and after, but can they differentiate between the grades of metal you are unloading? I don't understand that process.

[@thubprint]

I’ll have to show that more clearly in another vid, but yes it’s just a big scale you drive onto inside the building. You have to do laps, dump one kind of material then drive around and weigh again, then go out and unload the next type and weigh again on your way out. Pretty easy math

[@johnkempf9669]

YOU COULD HAVE SOLD THE CARTS FOR MORE THEN THE LITTEL SCARP WOULD BE FOR THEM

[@thubprint]

Yup.. I thought about that after the fact as well!

[@MissCanadian]

Not to bad for a load

[@chrissmith800]

that's why you should take the truck while its empty and use their scale to get your weight and next time you go you'll have a base line to compare your empty weight to your full weight so you can figure out how much your averaging

[@evriellesmith6659]

next time you see range lead at the yard see about buying it smelt and separate and sell

[@robertminick2672]

Hey call the # on the dumpster and see if you can get it when they take it and dump it

[@tomitstube]

love your in-action vids, was real curious how you would handle the encounter, i just had one last friday, (it's sunday) nicely done tho, he wanted to shake your hand, (my other last encounter (a month back) resulted with the security guard calling the cops on me) dude was seriously dense accusing me of making a mess (complete nonsense, i do the same thing as you leaving everything as good or better than it was) then he accused me of "stealing". i just walked away as he called the cops. but great finds, too bad on the rolling stair ladder. i actually got one of those sitting by a trash roll off years ago, put it in the company truck and gave it to our warehouse manager. but to last friday --- i've got a new plumber in the neighborhood, (commercial business) and the last 3 friday's have been great dumpster diving, lots of small brass, copper, and stainless steel being tossed, even getting tools like a small vice grips and a couple tape measures. but last friday it would appear someone from the neighborhood called the business on me, i was taking more time than usual because there were little copper pieces strewn everywhere, they were even nice enough to toss in a voyager canvas tool bag, i literally filled it with fittings. but about 5 minutes later in comes this huge white ford truck, you know the kind, lift kit, huge tires, 4 doors, lights everywhere, looked brand new... they sat there for a couple minutes with the headlights on me, i wave... they get out and i'm like, "just getting your scraps man." he goes, "you're alright" and they walk into the business.... a few minutes later he comes out with some thick black cables, looked like 6 ft pieces of bare bright copper and threw them in the back of the truck, we just looked at each other and said nothing, they left. 2 minutes later another guy in a company van pulls up to my truck, i had just finished and was standing next to my truck, not really noticing him he yells, "you dumping stuff in that bin?" i say, "no, taking stuff out". he goes, "they don't want anyone in their bins, or on their property, so..." i cut him off, i just talked to the guy in the big white truck and he said 'don't worry about it'... dude looks at me and says "okay". i say "thank you", and he drives off. i'm hoping they don't start locking the trash bin, i'm thinking i should call them and tell them i'm harmless... maybe something like, "just a local guy trying to make a buck and recycle some stuff, promise to leave everything *better than i find it.* hope you get paid by the word.

[@rd2821]

city of Calgary gloves >? i find it better just to take the boxes as is and recycle the carboard later, much easier to open while you have more space

[@namechange9470]

I wonder what the hourly rate would be for separating those bullets.... Would have to be worth the effort, I would imagine