Dumpster Diving "Your Loss Is My Gain"
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Жыл бұрынHowdy, 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!
@MikeTheScavenger Жыл бұрын
Have a safe a happy weekend, y’all. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!
@Azoreanislandgirl Жыл бұрын
Happy Mother's Day! ❤
@barbarakennedy2667 Жыл бұрын
I hope you have good plans for Mother's Day. We would hate to see you in the Doghouse because you forgot.
@PaulaLenz-wh5km Жыл бұрын
May you also have a happy Mother’s Day
@aidamujkanovic2638 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike 🙋♀️🇧🇦🇺🇸
@aprilstoffel8850 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Mike!❤
@samanthasimental3788 Жыл бұрын
Happy to have Mike back. When you feel down, remember that you bring joy to hald a million people just by being you. Thank you for sharing you.
@JimLooter Жыл бұрын
I can't understand why every time I see Mike getting goodies I actually feel so satisfied
@supremeknowing7896 Жыл бұрын
that's cause he is a guy with a heart of gold. I wish we had more people like Mike.
@retiredyeti5555 Жыл бұрын
You and me both, brother!
@JimLooter Жыл бұрын
@@supremeknowing7896 yea u dont see people like Mike daily in life. A very special guy that has very special interests and such an amazing humour.
@supremeknowing7896 Жыл бұрын
@@JimLooter he sure ain't a "Biden"! 😏
@vinjulieann1 Жыл бұрын
Note to self: Don't take a sip of coffee while Mike is jumping out of a dumpster.
@Champagne1 Жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha you got That right !! 😂😂😂😂💖💖🇨🇦
@Missmelf Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@SouthOfGate Жыл бұрын
I was so glad to hear the old Mike again. Actually I was kinda worried the last weeks since you seemed out of sorts ever since your operation. Very relieved because you are so appreciated and I know we all want the very best for you. You go above and beyond.
@tammymanuel9158 Жыл бұрын
Mike, you are one of a kind. So many dumpster divers wont even jump in like you do. Its fun to watch you have so much fun. Have a great time. Be safe.
@RollnRye74 Жыл бұрын
Mike! you're the only scavenger I enjoy watching. you make it fun and entertaining. I'm also amazed at your wealth of knowledge about different items. so, don't get down on yourself bro! You are a good person. Thank you Mike for the enjoyment you bring to my life.
@ddawe31635 Жыл бұрын
You speak the truth. No one is as entertaining. You have such a great personality MTS!
@budboggess5575 Жыл бұрын
Mike is the absolute Best!!... he's a natural Entertainer!!....Funny!! And obviously skilled with tech to put his videos out!!..sound effects!!...Mike is the "Honey-Badger!" Of Dumpster Divers!!!...IMHO!!
@lia-liz2012 Жыл бұрын
Yep...my #1 as well!!
@davidoconn9352 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike for taking us along...The copper plated rod is a grounding rod to ground electrical systems. They must be driven a certain depth into the Earth and must retain the stamping near the dull end to prove it hasn't been cut... That big bend on the stamped end makes it undriveable and you can't cut off the stamp or it is no good for the inspector....
@pauladunbar6701 Жыл бұрын
We have had a good time with you Mike! Great to know you are feeling much better. Love and peace to you, your lovely wife and the pooches!!! 🙏🥰❤❤
@richavic4520 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to hear you're feeling better Mike. Don't feel like you are alone on this. Some days are copper Some days are steel siding.
@MikeTheScavenger Жыл бұрын
True!
@richavic4520 Жыл бұрын
@@MikeTheScavenger thanks for the personal reply Mike. You lifted my day. I don't need to tell you, but your work, every video lifts someone's day.
@DanSmith-cb5vj Жыл бұрын
@@MikeTheScavenger ground rod.
@dianehansen8883 Жыл бұрын
I just found your channel a few days ago, and have been binge watching since then. It makes me smile to see how much you love what you're doing! It's so nice to see you saving all that stuff from the landfills! You're a good man Mike.
@elainephleps4705 Жыл бұрын
Welcome too the hardest working guy out there videos enjoy!!!
@SwampDonkey64 Жыл бұрын
Mike will change the way you see dumpsters, welcome aboard.
@racehardLS1 Жыл бұрын
The copper plated rod was a ground rod… I work at an electric supply company in the Texas panhandle, and seeing some the stuff you find still new in the packaging, and knowing how much it sells for is wild!
@Bruce_Ekert Жыл бұрын
Mike, the 'copper' rod is actually an earthing rod which is driven into the ground underneath the power boards of buildings. The earth wire connection is then clamped to the rod (at least here in Australia that is what it is!).
@lizardhollow Жыл бұрын
Hello Mike. I was driving through a neighborhood today and spotted a large dumpster. I found myself saying “hellloo mr pink opentop!” 😊
@justinalias2279 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you, Mike! I absolutely love seeing your excitement, and your passion for snibbets
@deanrowland5080 Жыл бұрын
Keep the faith and know we love you Hoss! I love your videos and your humor. Stay with the humor and hug the pups for us!
@scooter6582 Жыл бұрын
Mike is the epitome of one man's trash is another man's treasure
@y.lelivelt2619 Жыл бұрын
Nice to hear you are feeling "be back" Mike.I'm glad the fog is gone.
@danno3497 Жыл бұрын
Mike so good to hear ya! I was Laughing soo hard at 9:56!
@davidhermiz9705 Жыл бұрын
It is really it takes a scavenger man to pull all those wires from under the rocks. You have the right name.👍
@leattaslone1800 Жыл бұрын
Good job Mike! Thank you! I’m a Mom & I appreciate that! Get better and stay safe!
@OH-vt2tu Жыл бұрын
Love you Mike ! Glad that you’re feeling better. I thought that something was up, since you weren’t around much. Stay safe, clean, and loaded with scrap.
@SansNeural Жыл бұрын
The "copper rod" is a an electrical grounding rod. Steel, copper plated for conductivity with the earth. You'll find the top of those sticking out near the power meter / power entry at your house.
@rustyrobinson8027 Жыл бұрын
Hit the like button for Mike the scavenger because he deserves it 👍
@jvjdrn Жыл бұрын
24:27 so glad Mike is feeling better!
@kathleenvaughan3709 Жыл бұрын
You are so funny and positive. I love watching your videos.
@vickyowens4064 Жыл бұрын
Another great video!! I wish I had half the energy you have!! lol You worked hard for your money and I so appreciate all you do to keep metal out of the landfill and to entertain me as only you can do!!
@connieadams607 Жыл бұрын
Work smarter not harder!
@stinaluukkainen1666 Жыл бұрын
Mike! You are the best Scaveman in the world! Greetings from Finland!
@jackdumas9563 Жыл бұрын
That Copper coated Rod looks like a Lighting Rod, you hammer it down by your home and ground it - too that Rod. Loving watching you having Fun- I remember doing that when I was young, but we did it at the bread stores, it’s surprising what stores throw away.
@irene-starbridgewater2793 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike for the Mother's day wishes ❣ I love watching your channel and how your energy and attitude always shine.... God Bless and Happy Mother's Day to your wife also💐🎉🙏
@Jibbie49 Жыл бұрын
Oh, Mike, we love your sense of humor. Keep us laughing.
@thekingtroll2 Жыл бұрын
No one works physically harder than you do to bring content we love. Always something new to watch from our homes. May you reach 1 MILLION by the end of the year. If you do, we'll all show up to your home for a hot dog cookout celebration!
@patrickscanlon1631 Жыл бұрын
Dropping video again just when i needed a Mike the scavenger fix
@nolasdollsandaquatics9386 Жыл бұрын
Glad you're feeling better Mikey...🎉
@Maxine-pr6em Жыл бұрын
Happy to have you back MTS .Thank you from Canada. Healing from 3 degree burns and you make a girl Laugh out loud and it makes me feel better .Thank you ❤️
@Muscles_McGee Жыл бұрын
473 views. published 4 minutes ago. 128 thumbups. This is a new personal Mike's Hard Dumpster Buster Challenge record! What else will this marvelous day bring my way?
@dell565758 Жыл бұрын
I can't wait to see what he finds. He is so enthusiastic even though he may have found the same stuff ten times before. Love his constant chatter and the fact he has eyes like an outhouse rat. He sees stuff in the bottom of a dumpster that is invisible to normal folk. Hope he keeps his shots up to date. Luvs ya Mike
@tanyasydnor8189 Жыл бұрын
Glad you're feeling much better and you're back!😍👏👏👏
@alisajordan1244 Жыл бұрын
So glad you are feeling better!
@kandiwolfe1125 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Mike , for another great video! Glad you are feeling good and glad to be, "back in the saddle again...." ( Nope, you don't wanna hear my rendition of Steven Tyler... Lol) and it is great to see you excited to be recycling again, mi amigo!! Thank you for the, 🎉🎉"" HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY!! "" 🎉🎉
@genehasenbuhler2594 Жыл бұрын
I will never understand why you park so far away from the dumpsters! But I will never stop watching! One day boy- your gonna bust Dotties window! Keep em coming Mike!👍😄
@jayr9810 Жыл бұрын
Nails screws and bits of tire poking sharp things are usually surrounding most dumpsters. Now ask him how many patches, plugs and tires he has gone through
@Stan6494 Жыл бұрын
Your a legend Mike ,you make my day mate ,so funny 😂😂
@DEKE5PIQ Жыл бұрын
Copper coated rod looks like a ground rod.
@derpclip Жыл бұрын
The copper coated rod is used for grounding stuff usually for power lines on the side of houses or other stuff. They stopped using soild copper to save a buck.
@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va Жыл бұрын
Mike, that copper coated rod is a grounding rod for a house. Usually cost about $40-50 at Home Depot.
@herbertjanzen3707 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful to hear you are feeling better. Take care Mike.
@keithgriner330 Жыл бұрын
Welcome back glad your feeling your old self. LOVE your videos ALWAYS! Mike you have a good weekend, see you when we see ya. PEACE and GOD BLESS.😎👊🏻
@robertschwartzman195 Жыл бұрын
Hi Mike and Laura have a fantastic weekend. I just I just watched a video of bulldogs having fun on a skate board going back and forth !!
@lanna7917 Жыл бұрын
Yay! Mike's back and yeah it's does feel good to be you! ☺
@riverrat82 Жыл бұрын
You need to get Mike Rowe to go dumpster diving with you. Your channel would blow up. Keep on making me smiling and laughing
@thesacredmom2784 Жыл бұрын
Don't worry MTS, if you get stuck and as it's heating up during the day, you at least won't die of thirst as you'd have access to "the juice" 😂
@MickJ666 Жыл бұрын
*MIKE!MAKE A SHORT OF YOUR CAT WIRE FIGHT IN THAT DUMPSTER 🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️😎*
@michaelhayes8422 Жыл бұрын
It's great to see you back again Mike hope you keep the videos going love watching them
@trasieinkersole491 Жыл бұрын
Never a dull moment with you MTS. Glad you’re feeling stronger. ❤️💙
@MikeTheScavenger Жыл бұрын
Me Too!
@andrewevans1234 Жыл бұрын
@@MikeTheScavenger could thaat pole be a high iron mix copper
@DanSmith-cb5vj Жыл бұрын
@@andrewevans1234 it's a ground rod, copper coated steel.
@Sarah-rd1qy Жыл бұрын
Mike, I love your videos. Your humor is fantastic. I thought of something watching you get in those dumpsters with water: get you some rain boots and you will not be walking with wet socks and sneakers, which is such a gross feeling.
@robwaterfiled6168 Жыл бұрын
its good to hear that your feeling better, Love your work
@williamburdon6993 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you are feeling better, life is wonderful ,unless you are too sick to enjoy it. Glad to have you back diggin and rootin in the trash. Hope you find some awesome scrap this year, Maybe even a big bag of money, for the new casa.
@larryd4352 Жыл бұрын
Glad you're feeling better! Get ready for some more rain...supposed to hit us with some big t-storms heading our way....5 to 7 inches of rain!!!
@stanleygallman7800 Жыл бұрын
MTS 💪👏👏👏 it's good that you are feeling better and more like your old self.👍🏾
@dianewilliams1125 Жыл бұрын
Wow that wire was ,Rock and Roll! Great job! Stay safe and healthy ❤❤❤
@dixiepittenger3960 Жыл бұрын
Yes my Favorite Scavenger 25 minutes of awesome scrapping
@Muscles_McGee Жыл бұрын
25 minutes of hot sweaty awsomeness. Does not get any better
@lanitaorjeraldlewisdillorl2258 Жыл бұрын
Glad you're feeling better Mike. Great video
@privateprivate9285 Жыл бұрын
Mike you are fighting with triffids getting that wire out from under all that rubble. Really enjoy watching your videos. 🇬🇧🥰
@t34_guy90 Жыл бұрын
glad you're back Mike!
@barbarakennedy2667 Жыл бұрын
I have lived in the Houston area. That humid heat can get you even at some lower temps. A little air movement makes a huge difference.
@steveparker8723 Жыл бұрын
Ground rod with the pallet racks Glad you're feeling better Mike. God bless.
@jvjdrn Жыл бұрын
This channel is the perfect combination of high energy, capitalism, environmentalism, entertainment, and love.
@dixiepittenger3960 Жыл бұрын
How many of you all watching are helping him pull this wire out I AM
@j.lietka9406 Жыл бұрын
I am helping him take the PCs out!
@adelaidesocki Жыл бұрын
“ Leave it alone. Don’t touch it. Call an adult.” Medical dumpster mantra.
@adelaidesocki Жыл бұрын
Remember that ad from a few years back?
@bridgethaig8923 Жыл бұрын
Lol finally watching this video, it must have slipped by Happy Father's Day all.🎉
@mandycat421 Жыл бұрын
So glad you are feeling better. Enjoy watching your videos. Take care and God Bless.
@holly5256 Жыл бұрын
Great haul on the kitty cat wire! Love watching you, I am very happy for you, that you ate feeling more yourself, cuz, you are the bomb!❤
@donlandenberg8126 Жыл бұрын
Nice trip today. Thanks for taking us along.
@ddawe31635 Жыл бұрын
A truck full of awesomeness!❤ get down with your funky self!❤🎉
@GodsavzuNme Жыл бұрын
Goes to set the box out, bottom falls out. ROFL! 🤣
@LinetteSears-sk4hu Жыл бұрын
Great show have a fantastic weekend with your family also
@helenchurch3577 Жыл бұрын
glad you are feeling better we love you
@waynebauer4430 Жыл бұрын
Welcome back keep smiling you know we love you😊
@corrinnacase9233 Жыл бұрын
Keep getting better Mike 🙏🥰❤️
@Aadnad Жыл бұрын
Lotta "Rocken and a Rollin" in this One, Mike.
@janellejames4526 Жыл бұрын
Hi Mike, so glad you’re feeling better. If you find a new shoe like that again. You could donate it to the veterans. A lot of them only need one shoe and it could help someone. Just an idea. Take care and feel a lot better soon. Love and hugs to you and your wife and fur babies from Australia. ❤️❤️🐨❤️❤️keep on scraping!!
@aileenhaggarty681 Жыл бұрын
Hi Mike, you have a fun weekend to. Bless.👍🙏🏻
@rickwright7267 Жыл бұрын
i am glad mike you are back i watch your videos all the time the way you jump in the dumper and you then find some wires and copper and other things to and you laugh and carry on make me laugh to 😂😂
@jaytrace1006 Жыл бұрын
I work for a medical equipment company. It’s fun to see an Invacare full electric bed, Uline boxes, and other things I see every day. Ol’ Mike would have a field day at my place!
@stevejones2477 Жыл бұрын
Always watch in bed nighttime then I Dream of scavenging
@Hacksaw37 Жыл бұрын
Not even concrete will keep Mike from the wire. 💪🏻💪🏻
@paulamckay375 Жыл бұрын
Hi big guy what’s on the menu hope it’s great scrap and loads of it 😎🏴👍
@Lilyandmoomin Жыл бұрын
Hi Mike, being in a Funk really does suck….. I know I unfortunately have them occasionally. Depression is not nice and it can be very soul destroying. Glad you’re feeling your good ol’ self.
@ROKITDOOD2375 Жыл бұрын
Copperclad ground rod towards the end. Love your channel. Woof woof arf arf.
@delaynejackson5449 Жыл бұрын
Glad you are back to your old self. Glad you are well!!
@willgodbehere9935 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you're feelin better.
@tawnihaynie1065 Жыл бұрын
Hey Mike, keep up the good work. Please take care and stay safe. 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️😎😎
@elizabethharbinpsychicmedium Жыл бұрын
Captain on the bridge! Woo-Hoo! My favorite channel...!!!!!
@cherylhuot4436 Жыл бұрын
Good news you are feeling better!!
@marksmithson1414 Жыл бұрын
Very hard fought battle getting that wire our. Excellent Mike
@simplysandy3288 Жыл бұрын
Glad you’re feeling like yourself again! Maybe you started back to soon! Thanks so much for sharing 💜
@mikeweber8708 Жыл бұрын
Mike you are the best scavenger of all time , that copper looking rod is probably a grouding rod. mike from Ohio
@diggingoutsidethebox Жыл бұрын
I second the ground rod call. I installed one for my home and it was like that, but only 8' long.
@pbs4535 Жыл бұрын
Hey Mikey!!!! watch out where you toss that metal. don’t bust out Dotties windshield she will make you sleep in the dog house. 🙀🤣
@PaulaLenz-wh5km Жыл бұрын
Amazing haul Diamond Plate is heavy so it should bring in a dime or two Have a nice weekend and I’ll see you at the next dumpster ❤️
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