Dumpster Diving "It Got The Twisties!"

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Жыл бұрын

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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@kori_snw Жыл бұрын

That ceramic fiber is worth a fortune and sells fast, if you see it again. People use it for kilns, forges and oven repair. Awesome to see a huge haul out of one dumpster again, thanks for sharing with us!!

@judyspaulding3727 Жыл бұрын

Homemade outside oven

@lindabrown2170 Жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure to watch another great video with Mike the scavenger.

@todd7619 Жыл бұрын

Next t shirt design "y'all wanna poke it with a stick" 😂

@vickilewis6730 Жыл бұрын

Was totally expecting you to say "She blinded me with science" after you read the warning on the UV lamp! LOL

@rossbrumby1957 Жыл бұрын

Same here- i remember Mike saying that in another video a while back.

@kimberly1273 Жыл бұрын

Any day with Mike the Scavenger is a great day! Love ya Mike! Thank you!

@rajnimsg7816 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike! The next time you come across an antique wash basin, you might want to grab it. I could not see the bottom of the pitcher or bowl, but it looked like an Ironstone wash basin, Google it. The Abalone or mother of pearl decanter glasses, glad you picked those up. Have a great day 👍

@lanna7917 Жыл бұрын

I don't know a whole lot about antiques but I do know I would have picked it up. I used to love when he would grab stuff like that for yard sales but I also know from first hand experience stuff can overwhelm you real quick.

@MikeTheScavenger Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@KaldiaGaurav Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna add my voice to the "follow up" requests on you tearing that big ole thing apart. Seems as if it may be interesting to microscrap. Thanks for sharing all of your scavenging adventures and also for being so regular with your videos! ❤

@lia-liz2012 Жыл бұрын

Salvaging? 😂 or savaging?

@KaldiaGaurav Жыл бұрын

@@lia-liz2012 oops! Neither, actually. Was going for scavenging. Lol

@donlandenberg8126 Жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure hanging with Mike the Scavenger. Thanks for sharing.

@MikeTheScavenger Жыл бұрын

You bet!

@robban057 Жыл бұрын

Alpaca silver are a old Chinese Copper alloy containing nickel and zink. Used for hundreds of years. Also called German silver. Used for craft and cutlery. Great video. Robert Sweden

@joesmith-es1zy 8 ай бұрын

Alpaca is used a lot in Mexican souvenir items.

@scottbormann2765 Жыл бұрын

You had me rolling with, the golden shower talk, especially with someone I don't know, you funny Mike.

@moviebuff174 Жыл бұрын

I think it connects to the Heisenberg Compensators and is part of the pattern buffer in the transporter. You know, spaceship parts.

@lukelegg9915 Жыл бұрын

That Nobalite Flash system is no joke! Weighs around 350-375 pounds 😂, that unit is just the power supply and controls UV flash lamps

@paulperry7091 Жыл бұрын

What does anyone do with that much UV flash? Industrial scale sterilization or epoxy curing?

@lukelegg9915 Жыл бұрын

@@paulperry7091 Sterilization is one use, alot of product testing use it to see how things will react to sun fade, I believe its also used to test sunscreen/lotion. Also similar machines (not this one) run the lasers in big CNC machines

@michealclark-wd3gp Жыл бұрын

@Mikethescavenger

@adorejunk Жыл бұрын

Birds don’t care if popcorn is stale.

@user-ct9ts2oj1r 8 ай бұрын

I tried to feed popcorn to a crane one time Totally not interested in the popcorn Next thing I know he's swallowing a finch whole 😢😮🍿🐦‍⬛🎣😮

@karbear26 Жыл бұрын

Will be fun to see what’s inside that beast of a machine!! Glad you got it in the truck!

@cliffking7390 Жыл бұрын

Never doubt the strength of MIKE THE SCAVENGER!!! Where'd you hide the cape??? Lol

@BurkesBucknFirewood Жыл бұрын

That was about 600$ worth of grout!! Hope you took that home!! That can do a whole building

@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va Жыл бұрын

It may have been old stock that was exposed to humidity... If that's the case... It's all bad.

@BurkesBucknFirewood Жыл бұрын

@@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va doubt it.

@pawpatrolnews Жыл бұрын

Mike is usually pretty knowledgeable about stuff, but sometimes he priotizes scrap over profit..

@billymacktexasdetective5827 Жыл бұрын

@@BurkesBucknFirewoodYou doubt it? Based on what? You must be privy to info that every other viewer isn't... That grout is worthless, plain and simple. I don't care how much I thought it was worth, I wouldn't use it, or any other cement based product that was thrown out. Install 1 tile job with expired product and you'll understand very quickly why it's not worth it...

@BurkesBucknFirewood Жыл бұрын

@billymacktexasdetective5827 you anit done 1 tile job in you're life!

@gazb87yorkshiresalt48 Жыл бұрын

Alrighty SCAVENGERS!!!

@olgahurghis6667 Жыл бұрын

Bună seara Mike Felicitarii .O seară frumoasa❤❤❤❤❤❤

@larryd4352 Жыл бұрын

Please...do a follow-up on what that big piece of equipment was, and what it's for!!! Enquiring minds want to know!!!

@dianewilliams1125 Жыл бұрын

Please Mike, stay hydrated! Love your work,need you to stay safe! Pipe-ette!😊😊😊

@cmmc3400 Жыл бұрын

Mike is always second level but I am watching in 1.5 speed and cracking up. I didn't know I could like Mike more! ♻

@dugel3 Жыл бұрын

Sometimes I like to play him at half speed and it makes him sound like he's completely drunk lol!

@jvjdrn Жыл бұрын

Dude.

@Jibbie49 9 ай бұрын

I watch him at 2.0 and since I've done it for so long, i understand him completely. He's twice as funny.

@dawnwilkinson8717 Жыл бұрын

Love it that you find some very interesting 'unknowns'. Thank you for letting us tag along.

@MikeTheScavenger Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@kristywebb3471 Жыл бұрын

I think that, that machine is the heaviest thing that I've seen you get. You and Dottie are quite the team. Dottie =takes a lickin and keeps on tickin. You= no scrap left behind. Much love ❤❤❤

@shqa574 Жыл бұрын

I love your scrap miscellany adventures, Mike.

@myfrindjman Жыл бұрын

That is the warp drive for your spaceship Mike LOL.

@MikeTheScavenger Жыл бұрын

😂

@barbarabellin730 Жыл бұрын

Those little cups are alpaca silver & could be worth something more than scrap value.

@dayleeesler4380 Жыл бұрын

“You want to poke it with a stick?”🤣🤣🤣🤣

@aprilwenceslao-mw7jq Жыл бұрын

another day of Mike great haul!🤑💲👏👏 i always love the karate punch on dumpster so happy vibes as always love it!!💖

@roberthardy2013 Жыл бұрын

Sat with a glass of wine, a bar of chocolate and Mike, couldnt be better!

@michaelbergman8277 Жыл бұрын

You used to have some merch that said gotta be strong, you don't have the shirt for sale anymore but you're still strong. Great finds!!

@paulcoenen7918 Жыл бұрын

Compact heavy electronics means lots of copper 😊 I had no doubt it was going in the truck.

@MikeTheScavenger Жыл бұрын

You got that right!

@michaelschuenemann3505 Жыл бұрын

Road Kill Scrap ! You crack me Up : Golden Shower Juice - ha-ha ! That was a very Heavy "Spaceship" Instrument Box - lets open it up and see what is in it - can't wait ! Another Successful Evening of Dumpster Diving Adventure and what an Adventure it was ! Many Cheers from Australia !!!!

@patrickscanlon1631 Жыл бұрын

You drop your videos at the right time Mike just when I need a Mike fix

@helenhancock7295 Жыл бұрын

Great day, to bad it’s been so hot already this summer. I live about 140 miles South East of you and the humidity and heat is suffocating, you inspire me to keep going no matter what.

@Sally-wt7tt Жыл бұрын

Hola Mike I enjoyed your video. Thank you for taking us along. You made me laugh when you were eating that stale popcorn your just simply awesome. Have a wonderful evening love and God bless.♥️💕❤️🙏🙏🙏👍✌️😇

@pretorian2647 Жыл бұрын

I was very worried if you could take this heavy stuff. Well done for not giving up! Keep it up, Mike!

@jvjdrn 6 ай бұрын

He’s a beast!

@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va Жыл бұрын

If Mike keeps finding that heavy stuff... Might want to look into getting a lift gate for Dottie! Save your back and joints!

@christinelowery3524 Жыл бұрын

I love to see the weird stuff you find, never a boring video for sure .🎉🎉🎉🎉

@larrykoroush6995 Жыл бұрын

You could stack bags of popcorn on them wimpy shelves. Keep diving Mike

@anitagroves2731 Жыл бұрын

Love your energy 😊

@davefave4351 Жыл бұрын

Another great day Mike! The UV lamp is a sterilizer '- they're housed in a sealed unit, water is passed by it, killing any protozoan or nasty that could give you a runny tummy. Alright! Alright! Alright! 👊👊👊

@martijn4740 Жыл бұрын

be carefull with that last light you found looks like a uv c lamp

@nadedolly Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to watching you take that big machine apart 💪

@gravitybear Жыл бұрын

That UV light must be for sanitizing, either a room or maybe a barrel of water?

@lilyrose3145 Жыл бұрын

So nice people leave things out for you.😊

@ВАСИН-ч1п Жыл бұрын

Браво!Ты никогда не сдаешься, Майк!Спасибо.

@jjr902 Жыл бұрын

GOT MY SCAVENGER VIDEO FIX! Thanks Mike!

@lilyrose3145 Жыл бұрын

Ohhhh the red box. Im obsessed. 🤣

@SherryTheSecretary Жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see you take that big heavy thing apart see what's inside!

@rebacunningham3773 Ай бұрын

Saw that I watched this video before, it was great as a rerun. I remember that hunk of metal, it was do heavy. 😊😊😊tganks again mike😊😊😊

@natinoterry7519 Жыл бұрын

That heat got you fire up!🤣🤣 love sense humor when working!!

@keithauer4548 Жыл бұрын

PUNCH NOT CHISEL

@scotthoughton7245 Жыл бұрын

Trust you and Dottie staying cool. You may get tired of hearing this but you make my day when I watch your magic. Take care.

@Champagne1 Жыл бұрын

Ohhh Mike you have me laughing Every time. And I don’t know HOW MANY TIMES you lift a box just to have the bottom fall out. 😂 I didn’t have any doubts that you’d get that thing into Dottie. You are Super Strong !! But you should have grabbed that pitcher and bowl. They were ceramic and very likely old enough to be called antique. Those silver cups are for shots of wine. They looked like silver and cleaned up they would be worth a lot of money. Please take care of yourself, the wife and your furbaby. ♥️♥️♥️♥️🇨🇦

@apainintheass1275 Жыл бұрын

Great heavy load at the end. Cant wait to see what is inside or what its for. 😊

@davidsirett5560 Жыл бұрын

Mike the wires with the crocodile clips on are for a signal generator you plug the wires in to the generator and clip the red lead to something like a lamp post the black wire clips to an earthing pin pushed in to the ground. the signal generator transmits a beeping in to the lamp post and you can use a CAT cable avoidance tool to trace the cable from the lamp post.

@marksmithson1414 Жыл бұрын

That's some monstrous heavy scrap Mike. Finding all that lightweight shelving was great find. Need a follow up to find what's inside the huge thing.

@paulcoenen7918 Жыл бұрын

Love the brown table! So glad you decided to keep it. Those things are very very expensive. A small one like that is probably $200 new.

@DPcar-mania-65 Жыл бұрын

Awesome find Mike !! Great trip as always, thanks for taking us with you ! Fab viewing ! 🤘

@oldmanhuppiedos Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike, Also good that you free nature from the scrap. The dumsters are a good scrap source.

@pilkpulk8284 Жыл бұрын

one 25 lb of permacolor crout goes for 40 to 60 bucks!!!

@tinableakmore6011 Жыл бұрын

I see "YARD SALE" all over the wimpy shelves. 🥰 Keep on Rockin ,cool cat Mike.

@michelebrown7951 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike, my grandson is visiting and he just loves watching you do your thing. Thank for all you do. Much love ❤️

@rodbollinger7017 Жыл бұрын

Use osb boards as a ramp

@MikeTheScavenger Жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

@cherylhuot4436 Жыл бұрын

Wish I could help identifying that heavy thing, but it looks like a great find!! Thanks for another fun adventure Mike!

@MikeTheScavenger Жыл бұрын

You and me both!

@MrPistola187 Жыл бұрын

its some sort of medical sterilizer uses that uv bulb, built in my home town of cambridge uk lol

@Tom111060 Жыл бұрын

Alpacca is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc.[5] Nickel silver does not contain the element silver. It is named for its silvery appearance, which can make it attractive as a cheaper and more durable substitute. It is also well suited for being plated with silver

@nikkithomas2929 Жыл бұрын

Great finds, reusable stuff, recycled stuff, lost treasures all to be used in some kind of way and cleaned up to be given money in return equals a great day with Mike. He really knows his stuff about metal and whatnot. 😊😊😊😊😊😊 !

@Meesterbigger Жыл бұрын

that big unit connects you to the MATRIX !!!!

@michellemorgan6295 Жыл бұрын

Good scrap day ❤😊❤😊❤😊

@roselinlila4336 Жыл бұрын

Such a refresher watching ya😊

@bengone3349 Жыл бұрын

That "thing" got even with you for all the "easy" pulls. Keep on pickin' Mike, you make me laugh!

@paulamckay375 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike you look as your still getting the goods keep it up 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

@traviswolfe952 6 ай бұрын

Ceramic fiber board and the box below it was kaowool. Both are worth quite a bit and very useful. I'm afraid you may have missed out on those items, but now you can keep an eye out for that stuff. I wish I'd have found a load like that.

@ftwkys Жыл бұрын

Talking about Golden Showers.. amazing Mike.

@timsmith9645 Жыл бұрын

Awesome haul there Mike thanks for sharing

@texasproud5612 Жыл бұрын

We're going to for sure need a teardown video of that HEAVY. Piece of whatever it is. 😂

@keithgriner330 Жыл бұрын

Great video Mike, thank you.😎👊🏻🙏GOD BLESS

@patsysmith4096 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic haul

@roberthowe5315 Жыл бұрын

Your my favorite scraper mike look like a decent load stay safe out there buddy

@donnapadgett6583 Жыл бұрын

Crazy stuff. You are pretty strong to lift all that stuff. God bless you and be safe 😎

@flyneagle8873 Жыл бұрын

I like dumpster diving with you Mike. Your guitar jams are rocking & your finds are beaching.

@michaelmarks1391 Жыл бұрын

That was a nice Mayhew punch. Amazing what people throw away.

@Cornellious Жыл бұрын

Every time theres a paint bucket I have flash backs to that time Mikey put his foot right through one! Always gives me a giggle! :)

@sandromartins729 Жыл бұрын

Good morning big Mike always in the fight 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@paulajones9956 Жыл бұрын

Great haul Mike, way to go

@AussieChic888 Жыл бұрын

In Australia dumpster divers jump into huge bins at the back of supermarkets for food

@leattaslone1800 Жыл бұрын

Great job once again Mike!

@jasonstarr6419 Жыл бұрын

as a "retired" scavenger (knees just won't take it any more, super super proud of your ingenuity getting that monstrosity into the truck!!! keep 'em comin', MIke!!

@johnmccanntruth Жыл бұрын

Seemed like a pretty good outing… I’ll be interested in seeing what that was.

@donaldbrennan258 Жыл бұрын

That ultraviolet thingy is to disinfect you from the golden showers 😂

@melissaphilippe5023 Жыл бұрын

I got to know who scared you at 8:56? Love these vids and your awesome sense of humour!❤

@cptrush3671 Жыл бұрын

nobody scared him. he added the voice in editing. he sometimes does that to add humor. you may hear fart noises at times also when he jumps out of a dumpster.

@andrewrossi7164 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the follow-up on that big unit brother 👍

@margiebrown7436 Жыл бұрын

I wish I had that pitcher and bowl. I have the rest of the set but I’m missing that. LoL 😂

@charlesspurlock1746 Жыл бұрын

If I'm not mistaken the big heavy thing ........is a robotic control cabinet if it's not been stripped you will find a lot of good stuff inside.

@rustyrobinson8027 Жыл бұрын

Mike the scavenger is awesome 😎

@amr12333 Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait for the follow up vid!!!!

@melissarowe4589 Жыл бұрын

Yay Mike ❤

@electroshed Жыл бұрын

the UV light is a UV-C sterilisation light, do not expose to skin/eyes ! The big heavy thing is a pulse flash lamp power supply, hopefully the flash lamp head is there somewhere with it, expect a huge DC power supply, large capacitors and some IGBT type switching to dump a whole ton of power into that flash lamp! eagerly awaiting the teardown video of that, do a collab with Dave at EEVblog!

@ellaleigh2954 5 ай бұрын

Did somebody come up to you and scare you. Granny 76

@sherryluna8325 Жыл бұрын

That punch bowl and pitcher with bowl & lil glasses could have been sold at yard sale.

@rossbrumby1957 Жыл бұрын

The water coming out the heavy machine could be for cooling, or water passing through the machine is getting treated by U.V. light to sanitise it- hence the big U.V. light also in the skip. With all that shelf framing, you should've gotten the shelves to sell with it as a kit- beats scrap prices.