Dumpster Diving "Scrap Trap!"
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2021
- 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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He finds the xray machine, and just by chance happens to be sporting skeleton gloves and shirt! What a country!
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Thank you so much for your protective attitude about books. Books are so important. To see your confusion and outrage when people toss away all that knowledge - well, it tells us who you are, Mike. A damn fine human being.
I don't even scrap ,but you are one of my favorite people to watch ❤
You and me both . Mike has got a wonderful personality and he knows how to entertain without being fake .
Mike the Scavenger, one of the only channels that I even watch the long ads all the way through for.
My heart was overjoyed when you rescued those books.. knowledge is priceless, powerful, and life altering--books allow us all to learn, explore, grow, and expand our lives..thanks Mike!!!
Hearing him talking about books, he jumped upe 100 notch in my estim.....!!!!!
If there were scrap Olympics, you would win😀
Mike is the most entertaining scrapper. I love how he always has a positive attitude. He works hard and has fun while doing it. I just wish I had a truck so I could go find me some good scrappity scrap.
I used to work for the railroad rebuilding locomotives, our shop was in an industrial area and I met a scrapper like you once, he and his wife scrapped exclusively, that is all they did. He did what you do and she got ALL the cardboard and pallets, They Left nothing in the dumpsters. Every time I saw them they were filthy because they scrapped the industrial waste from the complex I worked in. I met them out once I was eating at a restaurant and this man and just drop dead gorgeous woman came up and were like "Hey Jim!!" How are you/" It took me 20 seconds to place these two looking like movie stars in the old tee shirts and jeans I saw them in most days.
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my friend who is also a youtube scraper uses a trampoline canvas as a cover for his dump trailer to keep stuff from blowing out going down the highway ..its better than a plastic tarp because air blows through it..
Upchurch is another good independent artist…he’s also got a bunch of videos of just being comical …he’s definitely got a lot of energy
Jelly roll, my go to when my head and heart are at war. No words can explain his realness. You just have to listen. One of the reasons I love watching your videos. You get the good, the bad, and the ugly. Along with some dumpster juice! Keep on keeping it real!
Some of those Andrew cables and connectors could well be useful to the Ham Radio guys, many use those "commercial" / "professional" patch leads and connectors.
Love the varied foreign accents, the Neanderthal grunts, and super glad you took the books 📚 😀
It's great that you save books too! Knowledge is more valuable than much else in this world ... You are doing a great job!
Thankyou , you make me laugh and cry daily with your humour and philosophy of life. I am not sure if you are aware that the glass round plate that one finds in the microwave is easy to sell as it is likely many users have a broken glass rotating plate and very needy of purchasing a replacement for ten dollars approximately .. Also your respect for the use and saving of old dumpster tools and found books of all varieties is so good to the heart. Your values are so wise and I hope more people will follow your pearls of wisdom concerning never to throw out books or used tools , etc. Recycling is awesome !!!!
I love that you rescue books,knowledge, history Mike. Savoring for the next generation, when shtf.
I’m a book lover and I appreciate you liking them too! Yes! I have seen videos on those dumpsters being full of books and videos!
You just earned a viewer for life. Saving books and liking Jelly roll. Love both.
If my hubby was a scrapper I would be all up in his truck helping!!!! But my son and I love to “think” about dumpster diving but scared of going to jail lol 😂
"on borrowed time" great story turned movie. wonderfully done. its a turner classic.
Thank you for rescuing those books! I totally agree with you on that subject. I hate to see books in trash.
Hey Mike just watched your video and did a quick search on Ebay and found a Racal recorder like the two you found and it was listed for $2,500.00 Australian dollars so you may be able to get some real cash for those two. Great video as always, keep up the good work and good luck with the recorders. Stay safe mate, your Australian friend, Rob.
Mike, those are real to real recorders, Dad would send us tapes while he was stationed in Vietnam, so we wouldn't forget what he sounded like, I'm quite sure they are collector's item now.
@@grannyandthebearscrappers1633 My Dad sent cassette tapes, two- one for the family and a separate one for Mom only. Decades later I was talking to my older brothers about them and they said "Didn't you hear the mortar fire and explosions?" , I said "No, I just heard Daddy's voice". Oh, to be that young and naive again.
its wild but those are rare and expensive like you said
Greetings Mike. This was an AWESOME adventure. Thank you for letting us come along. PLEASE be CAREFUL. Stay hydrated, humble and kind always. Be safe,healthy &blessed always family
Hi Mike from Cairns Queensland Australia. I admire your wanting to preserve old books. It's sacrilege throwing them out.
I wish people would stop throwing books away. There is always somebody who would like to have them. Keep up the good work on books mike.
The current administration doesn’t want you looking at old books
Would love the cook book holder....
I love baking and cooking.
I'm like you about the books also people throwing away old pictures it just kills my soul
There used to be a neat magazine called "Found" that printed pictures and stories of stuff like that- family heirlooms, photo albums, etc. that people found abandoned, in thrift stores, or in the trash. I don't think it's around any more, but it was a nice mag to look at.
When I see personal things being thrown out, I always wonder what the back story is. Also, a lot of bins that Mike finds look like they're small businesses that went bankrupt. Sad to see.
This guy makes me laugh like no one else
All kinds of stuff Mike. You always find interesting stuff. Always fun. Thanks mike.😊😊😊
Man that heliax cable is EXPENSIVE. I use lots of it for radio systems. Some of those connectors are $50-$100 each. Let alone the cable.i’d be interested in some of those cables.
If you like jellyroll look up Ryan Upchurch has music is fire...and he does rock , rap , and country. And he's a down to earth AWSOME guy.
My morning Mike fix. Lol
Bro your Awsome love your humor n off the wall comments
Awesome haul always a blast scraping with you thankyou much my friend. GOD BLESS you and your family
I am always exhausted after watching your dumpster diving videos. 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Jelly roll is the shit true heart behind those words
Mike, Racal equipment could have really valuable circuit cards. Lots of gold.
Just got my amazing t-shirts.
Fantastic,colour ,great, size perfection. Thank you so much . People they are so good go buy 1....2.....3....
Gotta be strong ......... jen xx
Dude, that was a $50 sheet of plywood you passed up.
Mike is the best at what he does !!!
The books you find that you like, start your own library. My husband did. It's great.
Just love these videos ... used to be a dustman,, trashman in your country .. used to find some amazing things .. well done Mike. 👏
You found some Real Interesting Stuff again - these Dumpsters have been Good to You - wow ! It was a Brilliant Dumpster Diving Adventure again - we love it ! Cheers from us in Australia !!!!
Send us some of that 🌧️ Mike!! We DESPERATELY need it up here in Wyoming and Montana!!!
I used to Love digging in Dumpsters
I do wonder how a Swedish book with old court cases ended up in a dumpster in Texas :)
You are so Blessed Mike with scrap!!
I love you mike the scavenger
Mike good to see you and another scrapping good time video. When using those 48" LED fluorescent bulbs replacement no ballast is needed and is wired differently.
Save a few of them and make a video on wiring them up.
Ham radio community will be interested in those cables.
Mike, you are my husband and i’s favorite channel! Seriously, you make us laugh so hard at times. We are always so excited when you find great things! I do have one question…….what do your neighbors think when your out there late at night yelling alright, alright, alright?? Hahaha
I love watching your videos. Hilarious guys!😊
Insane find with those racal reel to reels. One is posted on ebay for 2K with the same stuff you have. You can definitely get some nice profit off of those
think the tapes would have been worth picking too honestly. maybe not his deal but those would sell in facebook, vintage audio groups or ebay
probably wouldn't have hurt to pick up some reels to go with those recorders.
ya like jelly roll . that love for the heartless dud i cant stop listening to it
Commercial and industrial fittings is some of the best categories i sell in on ebay
Thanks, Mike! 💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤
RUclips brought me here ! And now I enjoy watching you diving lol 😂 Blessings ❤️
I'm the same way Mike, I can't believe it when I find old books in the dumpster. I can't believe that people throw them away. I find books, all the time, as early as the 1910s in a dumpster behind a certain thrift store. I save what I can when I come across them
The big lights from green open top. That's what i would work on in the Air Force. Lineman loved the job
Awesome videos. your a natural. Your the kind of guy that can get along with anyone.
Glad to see you working those dumpsters! Stay healthy!!!
Just to be clear folks... if Mike needs a Time off.. HE TAKES A DAMN TIME OFF! he doenst life for our entertainment. .. he live and show somes of his stuff . WITH entertainment... SCrappydy scrap scrap time.. we like mike (y) got get it scrap tiger :P
The best scrapper in the USA
First thought "Mike found more spaceship stuff". 🔭
Good job.
Best Loved poems of the American people my mom raised me on that book. we still read it together today. She's 89 this month.
Hey Mike , loving your video's and appreciate your up beat attitude and hard work ethics. So happy you saved those books and many others that you save. Your local thrift and charity shops would love them. Thanks for the entertainment.
Well Mike you make my day ,Watching you as I sit here in lockdown in Australia 😀💕keep safe Hugz
Well scavenger might look like you had a successful evening in the jungle of dumpster diving some awesome footage thank you for sharing it you video it I'll watch it
You keep that up and your going to become a full blown micro scraper two thumbs Mike
Thank you Mike❤️🧓🏻🌵🍀🍀👍🏼👍🏼🛐🙏🇺🇸👏🏼👋🏼
Jelly Roll Morton..... da BOMB!
That sheet of plywood was probably worth more than your whole scrap load 😆
The Cold Shrink Kit is basically a thick Rubber sleeve that has a stiff plastic liner that is keeping the Rubber sleeve artificially expanded to around twice it's diameter. Pull on the tabs at the end and the inner plastic unwraps itself from the inside (middle) shrinking the Rubber onto whatever it is placed around - normally placed onto one cable before a joint is made then placed across the joint before shrinking - you may have silicon grease or other product inside before enclosure. Good bit of kit, used to use these on Telecoms joints 30 years ago, so they've been around for years!
Yup I’m a cable splicer and used to use them all the time. We used to bring them home and use them on shovel and rake handles.
Great digging dumpster lots of goodies in it. Great stuff 👏👍🤑👈✌
Good evening mate
Perfect timing for a new vid 👌 up late giving baby her bottle
I can't wait for winter to see the rain
Those Racal tape recorders are magnetic tape recorders used in the early days of mainframe computers. The particular one with maintenance manual is worth a pretty penny as vintage industrial digital electronic machinery. It could fetch a nice price on the second hand market on Ebay or such. If you'd throw in a few of those magnetic tapes too, I'm fairly certain a digital computer buff will be glad to take it off your hands for a decent price.
Either way, they deserve to be kept safe as authentic electronic equipment
I was thinking about all those document boxes that could have had any number of original user manuals for various early computer and mainframe equipment. I've had good luck with that stuff on eBay. Several months ago I found a mid-80s dot matrix printer that would have been worth a pretty penny if it could have been made functional again. It was too far gone unfortunately. However it had it's original owners manual in the box which sold very quickly.
Jellyroll is one of my favorite artists
Mike please take care of yourself. Love your videos. Been watching a long time. Evelyn from Texas.
Hi I woch your videos everyday tell the team I said hi and I woch thor videos everyday I love you guys I love the video
Watching old videos of yours been listening to jelly roll for a very long time also love yelawolf! Got a slumerican sticker on my scrap getter!
MIKE Thankyou for the video
Hola Mike! Me encanta tu trabajo. Saludos desde Argentina.😉👍👍
I’ve been watching the Olympics too. Man, that one guy on the trampoline was wayyyy up there! I saw one guy miss and his leg went through the springs. Ouch!
Did you celebrate the soccer teams embarrassing loss like I did??..lol
I don’t see any of our Olympians or their medal standings as an embarrassment in any way. I haven’t heard of any news about any of them doing anything disrespectfully while in Tokyo, embarrassing the 🇺🇸 in any way. 💁
Good morning Mike of Mike The Scavenger
Jelly Roll is amazing, best music around!!!
Hey Mikey! He likes it!
Should’ve picked up those reels too. Might’ve been some interesting stuff on them. 🤙
I couldn't help but think of all the document boxes and the potential of then having old original user manuals and documentation for old computer/mainframe equipment. That stuff sells pretty well. I'd have probably gotten the reels too. Label them as unknown content, undercut the ori6of other sellers and pure profit.
Used to buy from used books on line & friend sold to couple of them. Enjoy your videos!!
So glad to see your back Mike 👍👍👍👍👍
Scrappity scrap scrap! Mike the Scavenger is in the dumpster!! Oh yeah
Doing good Mike. Go get 'em.
Great video mike, i am a little jealous of what you find all the time and i love scrap haha
I love old books 📚, the history is so amazing. Take the medical or anything newer to the college bookstore. They buy them and resell them. I always bought used books 📚.
The reel to reel magnetic tape decks are commercial quality used for the best sound reproduction back in the days before digital and produce amazing results. Employed by Media and advertising companies for soundtracks on voiceovers cost a fortune then and much sought after now for playing archive tapes.
He left the tapes in the dumpster too. He might go back for them.
@@d.t.4523 Tapes might be too old of any use, since they demagnetise over time. But would need to be tested.
Sooooo soooo great!
Don't forget to put air in dottys tires! I saw the light on your dashboard. 🤔😁👀👍
Really!! I did not know that!!!!! I going to camp out !! I love books, if I could take all books from thrift stores, yard sales, I would!!