Dumpster diving finds

[Aquila]

I have been very busy dumpster diving this week. Still snow and cold in Finland. March and still no spring . So I had to go to dumpsters. I have saved lots of stuff from garbage and given them to local recycling centers.
But I have keep some cool finds like coins, vintage toys, some nice jewelry, watches and deactivated cartridges here.

 

[Aquila]

More photos

 

[LuckyThirteen08]

I saw that very same duck on an episode of Hoarders,Maybe you have found where they take the dumpsters to after the show lol

 

[Aquila]

These are without powder . There are stamping Win Lapua in these. Lapua is finnish ammunition maker

 

[Aquila]

I hope they throw away also WW2 and WW1 memorabilia from hoarders houses that I can dumpster dive

 

[Aquila]

I saw that very same duck on an episode of Hoarders,Maybe you have found where they take the dumpsters to after the show lol

Not duck but common phaesant. I guess it is letter knife.

 

[shedseeker]

nice cool finds.... garbage = treasure !!!!!

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Man not bad @ all for dumpster diving and getting dirty!!!

 

[Digs68]

Pretty good for just rooting around some dumpsters! I was going to ask if those were .338 Lapua, but they look a bit long for that.
Thanks for sharing!

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[jcCALIF]

Who is on the portrait sitting inside of your palm, Obama?

 

[DigImust]

Those are some impressive finds my friend. You definitely have a better class of dumpsters than we have around here.

 

[capt-zero]

Is the Rolex in the fourth picture authentic. Great finds anyway.

 

[Minrelica]

Very nice finds... I'm guessing the motorcycle tin toy has to be a reproduction

 

[jewelerguy]

it's amazing what some people throw away. those toys are really cool.

 

[joeyfresh]

Who is on the portrait sitting inside of your palm, Obama?

You funny guy

 

[PeteWmass]

I find better stuff in dumpsters than I do at estate sales...I never even really did a lot of dumpster diving up until a few years ago when I got into collecting old-ish packaging (like 1970s food and household products.....) -I would go to estate/tag sales and inquire about that stuff..and they would always say they had a dumpster already.......so I knew where to start looking...its amazing how much *good* stuff Ive found - people (and especially realtors) clean out houses in a real hurry...they never dig to the bottom of boxes....I must have found half a pound of silver (mostly silverware and some junk jewlery) in dumpsters last year alone.....
if you see a dumpster in front of a house getting cleaned out (and surprisingly 1940s-60s ranch houses seem to be better than 100+ year old farmhouses) - and you *don't* stop and take a look -you are a fool.....hehe

best stuff is in the bottom of trash bags - when they dump junk drawers and box contents in - if you find a trash bag that rattles with small crap...you *will* find something good!

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Very Nice finds!...Damn!

 

[Goldirocks]

Awesome finds! You just never know what people will throw away.

 

[mcb]

Very nice! It blows my mind what people will throw away!