What is your best dumpster find?

[Getter]

Show me or tell me about your best dumpster find. Mine is, without question, 2,867$. Some of my odder finds? Antlered deer skulls in 2 different dumpsters. Lets hear about your treasure!

 

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[trdking]

I found a Tiffany studios lamp shade when I was 14 and sold it for 3800 It was pretty trashed but still brought some money
When I was 16 I found a 35 gallon trash can from a garage cleanup That was full to the top of original in their boxes 1920s Model A Spark Plugs. Champion. Sold those for over 6K 34 years ago

 

[Loco-Digger]

A box of Ford Times Magazines that I picked up from the curb on trash day, I sold them to someone for $250 on that auction site.

 

[Getter]

I found a Tiffany studios lamp shade when I was 14 and sold it for 3800 It was pretty trashed but still brought some money
When I was 16 I found a 35 gallon trash can from a garage cleanup That was full to the top of original in their boxes 1920s Model A Spark Plugs. Champion. Sold those for over 6K 34 years ago

Ya got me beat, for sure!

 

[fish1on]

Lunch...just kidding...not really, there was a time albeit short.

I have found lots of treasures over the years but nothing of value over $100 bucks. My wife and I decorated our cabin in our younger years with the Dumpster dive theme, still have a lot of the items displayed or in use today. We have actually had neighbors from the park in our place and recognize some of the items! LOL kinda weird but we just say better to put it to use than throw it away into the landfill.

 

[kingskid1611]

Dumpster finds happen weekly with me....kinda. I own a trash service that I run everyday. Its interesting what is thrown out. Yes I get some good stuff and turn a profit when I can.

 

[Old Pueblo]

Great question. Ill show you a photo. Only I found this in a garbage dump.

 

[trdking]

That is very cool! And early Mine Safety appliances Company founded in 1914 to service high risk exposures e.g. Mining

 

[Old Pueblo]

1914 huh? Do you know if they're still in business, or when they closed up shop?

 

[trdking]

They are still in Business and have several subsidiaries They go by MSA today
You my want to contact them, for archives. They may want to buy it back. I found a plain jane microscope in a wood box at a yard sale for 100 bucks. Worth maybe 250 on a good day. It had a receipt from the Seven day adventists hospital in Riverside Calif. I called them to ask if they wanted it back. They gave me the number engraved on the scope and box and the persons name on the receipt who bought it in the 1940's. They said they had been looking for it and gave me 1800 offer for it which I gladly sold it to them. NEVER hurts to do a little research and ask. I know this is a rare item and it would look good in their lobby display case?

 

[Old Pueblo]

Ill definitely have to think about that. Where is MSA located? what state?

 

[Getter]

Great question. Ill show you a photo. Only I found this in a garbage dump.
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Very cool, it was likely in a dumpster at some point! Score!

 

[Old Pueblo]

Thanks.

 

[Getter]

They are still in Business and have several subsidiaries They go by MSA today
You my want to contact them, for archives. They may want to buy it back. I found a plain jane microscope in a wood box at a yard sale for 100 bucks. Worth maybe 250 on a good day. It had a receipt from the Seven day adventists hospital in Riverside Calif. I called them to ask if they wanted it back. They gave me the number engraved on the scope and box and the persons name on the receipt who bought it in the 1940's. They said they had been looking for it and gave me 1800 offer for it which I gladly sold it to them. NEVER hurts to do a little research and ask. I know this is a rare item and it would look good in their lobby display case?

I am gonna keep that in mind. I regret having left a hungry hungry hippoes game in a dumpster the other day. Not the box and everything, just the plastic game.

 

[trdking]

Mine Safety Appliances
Company
msasafety.com
Mine Safety Appliances, or MSA Safety Incorporated, is a maker of sophisticated safety products that help protect workers who may be exposed to a variety of hazardous conditions. Wikipedia
Headquarters: Cranberry Township, PA
Revenue: 1.1 billion USD (2014)
CEO: William M. Lambert (May 13, 2008–)
Founded: June 14, 1914
Number of employees: 5,000
Subsidiaries: Latchways, MSA Auer, MSA International, Inc, More

 

[trdking]

Over a billion dollar company

 

[trdking]

I love this thread, it was made for my DNA. I have been dumpster diving, flea marketing, yard saleing, bartering, roll up the sleeves and just plain work like a dog to make a buck since I could ride a bicycle. I grew up in a rough part of town, my father was a design engineer for Aerospace, a burst can ignition specialist, and made great money but... I was one of 11 children so this neighborhood was what my Dad could afford and still feed all of us. It was near an industrial park. I dumpster dove every business trash can in that extensive park every day after school. One of the businesses made Die cut stickers. Bumper stickers, skate board stickers, BMX stickers, every sticker a kid could want and this places trash cans gave me very slightly irregular sticker waste which I trimmed with scissors and then Sold them at school. By the dozens. I made enough money to buy OP shorts and Vans sneakers, and enough money to buy a very nice cook bros BMX bike. I then started buying Silver bars at $5 dollars an ounce. I harvested old broken lawn mowers and sold the parts or had the neighbor help me fix them and sold them on my Dads front lawn for $60. I bought a 41 Indian Chief Basket case for $50 and sold it for 4800.00 and then bought my first car at 14 years old. It is a 1950 Willys Jeepster and I still own it today. Today I really don't need to Dive for anything, My ventures in life have more than taken care of me, but I have never stopped Diving or Picking or searching for something for free whether in the dirt or on top of the dirt. My friends laugh at me and then shake their head when I show them how much money I made for just stopping and picking something up. I am not putting you persons (gender correctness) Through this long boring story to toot my own horn. I am just saying that there is money laying in the streets everywhere. Keep those eyes peeled and think outside of the box. Find something cool and find a way to maximize the dollars on the find. Sell and keep the cash in a stash. DOn't spend it unless it is on something you are buying to flip for a profit. Make a game out of it. Before you know it you will be rolling in fun money all from found bargains free or otherwise. This latest score Porsche was purchased entirely from free money. Its out there people. Go get it!!! God I love this stuff. Sorry for the long boring story

 

[trdking]

Dumpster finds happen weekly with me....kinda. I own a trash service that I run everyday. Its interesting what is thrown out. Yes I get some good stuff and turn a profit when I can.

This would have been my dream job!

 

[kingskid1611]

This would have been my dream job!

Its really good money and doesn't have any overhead except a truck and time. I can recycle most and make money off scrap. I dump my truck only a couple times a week after I have gleaned from it what is useful or recyclable. Not a bad job if you don't mind dirt and grim......and you can't be a germaphob.....

 

[metaldetecta]

Found this trash picking. It is from a town close to me. It is a Diamond Crystal Salt box from 1893 with the makers signature on the bottom.