Dumpster Diving "Tell Em' I Ain't Got It"

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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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@Earthling418 Жыл бұрын

The little brass cups are blank covers for fire supression emmitters and sensors so the ceiling looks pretty. I think the extra stuff on the water heater is a system that is supposed to tell you when the tank is limed up. They suck because they turn off the heater all the time with false alarms.

@gridarmorfix Жыл бұрын

also for use in freezers to stop things from freezing.

@deborahkohrherr8326 Жыл бұрын

We need more Mike the Scavenger in this world lucky man keep scrapping

@tdiron5277 Жыл бұрын

What you find with the fire sprinkler valves are the covers for fire sprinklers called Escutcheons 😎

@robertschwartzman195 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike those caps are to cover up the sprinkler head in the ceiling. When your in any big store look up.

@franktuckwell196 Жыл бұрын

I honestly do not know of anybody else who would pick through to such an extent for all those goodies, however large of small. All adds up right? Hope you make a huge score again for all that hard work that you can be bothered to do, whereas most others just "Dump it in the dumpster" and take no responsibility for it. Take care out there, thanks for taking us along for the ride.

@kittybloechl8978 Жыл бұрын

All l can say is don't ever change Mike. You are phenomenal ❤!!!

@paulym5814 Жыл бұрын

Those round white things are ceiling escutcheons. They cover up concealed sprinkler heads so all you see on the ceiling is a white disc. They have solder on the two parts that come apart when the temp reaches a desired temp.

@Pandora_369 Жыл бұрын

STOP EVERYTHING! Mike the Scavenger in the house!!

@stevenkelley9025 Жыл бұрын

It is a power vented water heater. That means It can be vented out the side wall with plastic pipe.

@kerrys8024 Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike , I take those plastic power tool cases and DREMEL the inside guts out . Then put foam in them to protect guns or tools

@pharmmech Жыл бұрын

The motor on the water heater is a fan for the exhaust. The exhaust probably went out on the side of the building so it needed the fan to vent properly.

@dr.a006 Жыл бұрын

I say if you can shake the stainless off the magnet it’s good. I also read somewhere that even good stainless can get a little magnetism when processed, stamped, machined etc. because the machines slightly contaminate the surface with different metals.

@mikefuller8871 Жыл бұрын

That water heater is a older model high efficiency that vents with PVC pipe. That's why it has the motor on it

@juliehalverson7974 Жыл бұрын

You hit a good lick tonight Mike. You just don't know how much you have taught me. Truly love your videos, I have watched them all and sometimes twice, and look daily to get the new ones. Thnx friend!!! Well you are a friend in my head that is. Lol Happy scavenging! Julie, an old lady from Detroit and a true fan.

@rays.480 Жыл бұрын

Mike those white metal disks that you found in the dumpster with the sprinkler heads are beauty rings for drop ceilings to hide the sprinkler head they fall off with heat prior to the sprinkler head discharging

@robertschwartzman195 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike and Laura Thank for another video and have a good day.

@robertreynolds2812 Жыл бұрын

Just finished watching ALL of you videos. Very interesting to watch the changes in your methods & ways as you progressed over the years as well as your personal growth. Thank you.

@jvjdrn Жыл бұрын

He has come a long way from his skateboard days!

@bigjim8008 Жыл бұрын

Mike...my Father always told me that "if I took care of the penny's...the dollar's would take care of them self's....he was a very wise man....and a banker!!!!!

@piscinaiv7937 Жыл бұрын

I'm always amazed by how much wire and metal go into dumpsters every time I watch one of these

@LittleGiant69 Жыл бұрын

Well where do you think it would go..

@craftycrafter1960 Жыл бұрын

Phenomenally wasteful is t it? The plastic and wood thrown in landfill also amazes me

@DarrenHughes-Hybrid Жыл бұрын

When we were kids, we used to dumpster dive for aluminum cans and we used to find the coolest stuff to stock our "club house". We had the largest collection of Playboy Magazines.

@scottbormann2765 Жыл бұрын

You just don't know what's going to come out of his mouth, but it always makes me laugh. He's out to make us laugh & be interested at the same time, you rock Mike! A longer video & I enjoy it so much & it still goes fast, thanks Mike & have a great night.

@dmna7609 Жыл бұрын

"chocolate starfish"

@tswart Жыл бұрын

Cant stop watching, so enjoy and need a good laugh. Thank you Mike. You also show us to never give up, even if it is just a tiny piece of wire, it counts! Love from South Africa!!

@jaydover3224 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video Mike Those are fire sprinkler head covers

@christophertaylor2464 Жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing about the fire sprinkler head covers.

@cherylhuot4436 Жыл бұрын

What a fabulous haul! Lots of different, interesting stuff. Hope the payout is great. Love your joy at finding wire!

@jenniferlev1435 Жыл бұрын

Never a boring moment watching you! I guess that's why you have so many subscribers. You certainly entertain me!

@elainephleps4705 Жыл бұрын

Muy bueno senior Miguel!!! ( Very good Mr. Mike!!! Coffee and Mike makes for a great day, angel from Norfolk VA.

@tawnihaynie1065 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike. Please take care of stay safe out there in your dumpster diving. 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️😎😎😎

@edmann8084 Жыл бұрын

Great finds!!!!Thanks for the ride along!!!!

@janetgasper9580 Жыл бұрын

My husband says the motor on the water heater is to vent the gasses from a gas water heater out thru the wall. Some great finds tonight Mike.

@charlesfiant7785 Жыл бұрын

Mike I could watch you daily to bad you don’t have endless content

@show_68 Жыл бұрын

The good stuff, we love to see it for you Mike, Rock & Roll, Kung Fu Scraping.

@SouthOfGate Жыл бұрын

Juicy for sure! That will be a mess of copper wire! Excellent.

@francispalmer9737 Жыл бұрын

Love seeing these longer vids. Cheers Mike

@lilyrose3145 Жыл бұрын

Wow, nice wire haul.Lots of smiles for you.I know you are happy.

@tammyjacobs1326 Жыл бұрын

I can’t wait to see your dives come up!! So exciting to watch you dig out cash!!🥰

@DarrenHughes-Hybrid Жыл бұрын

It looks like he left a little bit of the change. I saw at least a quarter as he jumped out. Sometimes I forget what we look at and what he is looking at aren't always the same thing.

@templarmerv553 Жыл бұрын

30min video your spoiling us Mike ❤ thank you and keep on scraping 🇮🇪

@aaronvanauken9706 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike! Always appreciate it!

@annettebeavers7866 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found the good stuff. Keep up the good work.👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️ Be safe!!!

@glendaturner255 Жыл бұрын

You are like a kid in the candy store when you find lots of wires lol

@monteglover4133 Жыл бұрын

The water heater with the venter motor was a high efficiency that was vented in PVC pipe.

@dawnwilkinson8717 Жыл бұрын

Love it when you have a great night! Thank you for sharing your work and in such an entertaining way.

@michaelmount76 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great video Mike

@stagemgr99 Жыл бұрын

Great to see Y’all Field Stripping That Scrap .

@RJ-er3gv Жыл бұрын

The water heater is a side wall power venter for plastic venting no chimney required unlike the one you usually find. I have installed literally thousands.

@pancakergood4333 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that you clean up after yourself. You even put trash sitting outside the dumpster before you got there in. Keep it up!

@user-my4wx9jx8t Жыл бұрын

Mike The Scavenger , Best Dumpster Ever in The World, ☺👍👏👏👏💯

@wnytrashtrucks Жыл бұрын

A water heater with a motor on top is not weird. new ones dont vent out the chimney so they have the motor on top to blow out the exhaust.

@bulletsonofagun7413 Жыл бұрын

Vents out the side of the house through PVC pipe

@bigrayonthedray9539 Жыл бұрын

I am amazed at what you can find in dumpsters. I do a smaller version of what you do where I live. I just pulled two totes of wire and some copper pipe from an old shower and a circuit breaker box out of a dumpster this evening. I’ll be cleaning that up this weekend.

@clickclkboom Жыл бұрын

The motor on the water heater is for when the heater is at ground level, and not the second floor, it forces hot water to upper floors faster. I have one because it used to take (literally) five minutes of water running before it got hot on the bathroom farthest away from the heater. It is a cheaper option then smaller tankless heaters all over the house.

@MrMattDat Жыл бұрын

Mike, that bag of new-in-bag ClosetMaid mounting brackets was MONEY!! They sell for $6 - $15 a bag at the big box stores! Easy sell online and even easy to ship.

@KPKathy-hb8rn Жыл бұрын

That chair looked in better shape than the one I use at my office!

@bruceritchie4382 Жыл бұрын

That was a extra special day of scraping Mike. Thanks

@rebeccadraxten9398 Жыл бұрын

Mike, you are simply amazing. Love your posts. Thank you.

@MikeTheScavenger Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

@Bobble84 Жыл бұрын

1.5oz piece of copper among 1000lbs of trash and Mike is like "I see stuff in there", jumps in head first LOL. love it bro.

@randallhale1476 7 ай бұрын

Enjoy these sessions

@loyalistu.y.m Жыл бұрын

17:36 kiss my chocolate starfish had me laughing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@lanna7917 Жыл бұрын

I could tell from dumpster number one you were in rare form tonight! 😅 What a great run Mike.

@bevlong9837 4 ай бұрын

Mike, I can watch your videos all the time. You are so funny and nice guy for cleaning up .

@MB-bt9km Жыл бұрын

lmfao, all those marlboro menthol black boxes and then the blue tie dye hat, dumpster was telling a story

@larryd4352 Жыл бұрын

Yet another great video of Mike The Scavenger out in the urban jungle, picking up scrap that he turns into cash!!!

@michelebrown7951 Жыл бұрын

Got my fix for today from MTS. Thanks Mike, good luck 👍 😀

@evanranson1512 Жыл бұрын

Hey MIke The water heater had a Brower on top to vent carbon monoxide to the outside. Usually in a situation where it can't directly out the roof.

@kaycawthon7354 Жыл бұрын

Super,fine!!!! Thanks,Mike!!!!!!!

@josephcormier5974 Жыл бұрын

Last video awesome street scraping this video amazing dumpster diving you keep hitting it out of the park mike thank you for sharing this with us six stars

@murlbailer3755 Жыл бұрын

Glad to see you using your tool,s. 🐎🌻🖖

@olgahurghis6667 Жыл бұрын

Bonas Seras Mike felicitări pentru tot ce ai găsit.

@tylersmith2312 Жыл бұрын

Mike, someone may have already answered but the water heater has a motor on it because it is a high efficiency direct vent appliance. The motor helps with the exhaust of the water heater which is usually done using PVC pipe as opposed to a metal B vent. Keep up the good work!

@dogdooish Жыл бұрын

Hard workin man -- deserves every cent and more because he is better than those in the "Throw Away Society" !!!!

@michellem2507 Жыл бұрын

People need to start putting the good stuff for you on top!!

@section8374 Жыл бұрын

I've watched you for a long time, first time commenting. What I would like to see more of is what you do to prepare and sell the stuff you collect. Plus, trips to the scrap yard. make this a complete channel for dumpster salvaging. Thank youvfor this channel, I think you do a great job. God Bless.

@TheJuggalo1491 Жыл бұрын

Those tubing pieces are for roll off boxes that keep the tarp from not falling into the box.

@kimboslyce7863 Жыл бұрын

"That's Bananas! Bananas and Oranges"...Literally me now at everything thats crazy!

@randallknowles9240 Жыл бұрын

Always enjoy your dumpster diving adventures Mike and marvel at how quickly you can sort out the wire and metal materials from the plastics and wood. But my favorite episodes are the curb side scrap metal hauls. Hoping that you can accumulate a full load of good stuff. Along with the metal scrap, you always seem to find really great resale items for your garage sales. Keep up the excellent work! You are doing your community a great service!

@metaldragonbraveheart Жыл бұрын

Yes the green relays on the circuit boards all have silver contacts Mike.

@ronaldsteichen838 Жыл бұрын

Mr. MIKE, the master of wire goodness. Another great video thankyou

@irishrebel1976 Жыл бұрын

YES! I love the 30 minute videos.

@sparkythebuilder Жыл бұрын

The water heater is an induced draft water heater. It uses a fan motor to add air to the exhaust gases to cool them down and allows you to vent the water heater using PVC pipe rather than steel. It also allows you to vent the water heater horizontally rather than verticle.

@rinab4405 Жыл бұрын

Hahaha OMG!!! You passed over the new wood pallet!!!! I TOTALLY understand your mind set!!!! Pallets are gold for us!!! God bless you Cool dude!!!

@yeah-right4993 Жыл бұрын

Great vids as always, I don't know if chocolate star fish means something different in Texas but in the UK it means poop hole, keep up the good work and keep rocking 😁

@Dal606BBN Жыл бұрын

Heck Yeah! Getting really close to 500k subscribers! Cmon ppl get MTS to 500k!!! 💪

@frankbanner5625 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the content pal. Every since I became disabled with copd I can't go scrapping anymore. So I scrap through you Ana couple other guys. The longer the vid the better. Great wire haul. Keep it up! Thanks for sharing the fun.

@donlandenberg8126 Жыл бұрын

When I was a youngin we use to get paid for recycling paper and cardboard. Today you need a bailer and a semi load to even get considered for a pickup. Just not any profit in it anymore. Mike, you're doing an amazing job keeping all that material out of the landfill. Thanks for taking us along.

@LittleGiant69 Жыл бұрын

It won’t be going into landfill….

@donlandenberg8126 Жыл бұрын

@@LittleGiant69 the U.S. is pretty wasteful that way.

@candicehopkins2344 Жыл бұрын

Back in the 70’s yes we sold newspapers to recycling places! They were sold by the inch! I worked in hotel then so I collected a lot of newspapers!

@rebacunningham3773 Ай бұрын

It was an awesome video. Your fun to listen to...lots of great scrap. Your the man. Thanks mike...😊😊😊😊

@ddawe31635 Жыл бұрын

My husband is in construction and those carrying cases for drills & such are the first thing they pitch! So, if folks ride you about that stupidness, they don't have a clue. On your 5th year, you know what you're doing. So "they" can just hush. Great dive! #WatchYoHead #GottaBeStrong

@caroledwall9431 Жыл бұрын

Mike, you and my husband both say, "holy schnikes". I laugh every time.

@KathrynMorse Жыл бұрын

Great night!

@MB-bt9km Жыл бұрын

that's a power vent water heater, they're fancy shmancy and have high power efficiency, but very expensive

@kenjohnson5498 Жыл бұрын

Life is like a box of chocolate starfish you never know what you're gonna get.

@roberthardy2013 Жыл бұрын

MY chocolate starfish agrees with you!

@timothypirnat3754 Жыл бұрын

Good scrap outing Mike. Wires galore.

@stuartbocash3899 Жыл бұрын

That's a power vented hot water tank... high heat recovery requires exaust to be positive pressure vented outdoors... love the adventures and been diving some myself... love me some wires... nice haul there... sucks that been seeing more and more of the aluminum wire... happy hunting... Bocash out...

@martinomalley7642 Жыл бұрын

Good video tonight Mike Keep up the good work

@austinpahr3204 Жыл бұрын

That steel cable, you can sell them to a blacksmith. They use them to make twisted cable blades.

@joeyappleton838 Жыл бұрын

on top of the water heater is a blower moter for blowing out carbonmonoxide.

@ianbennett1491 Жыл бұрын

My Dad used to say to me and my Brother when we were kids." Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.".🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧. Iain Leeds Yorkshire England.

@tammyreeves168 Жыл бұрын

WOW. Now that is a wire haul. Great haul. Mighty Mike and Dotty video. Stay safe and God Bless

@lorchid23 Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike, I was wondering how your new neighbors reacted (or not) when you drove Dottie home packed to the gills after curb siding the other day?

@MikeTheScavenger Жыл бұрын

I imagine I get some funny looks but nobody has mentioned anything yet fingers crossed 🤞

@lorchid23 Жыл бұрын

@@MikeTheScavenger - Hey, you’re an honest, hard working guy, and I was really hoping your new neighbors weren’t going to give you any grief. Bless & stay safe out there! ✌🏻❣️🇺🇸

@Key-Pen_it_real_1A Жыл бұрын

@@MikeTheScavenger that "pneumatic " tool looked suspiciously like a carpet seam tool.?

@samspock11 Жыл бұрын

Those white round metal things you did not know about are celling covers for sprinklers. They pop off when the sprinklers go off.

@bretteaton2298 Жыл бұрын

The water heater with motor on top is called a power vent. You run the exhaust through PVC and out the side wall instead of in a chimney.

@Mellow86 Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike, those white metal plates that you found in the fire sprinkler dumpster are cover plates for recessed sprinkler heads. In case of fire that cover will heat up and fall off and drop the sprinkler head down.