Some People Throw These Treasures Away (26 pics)

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Found in some illegal dumping, such an antique prize.

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Had a nice haul today!

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Local greenhouse is at it again.

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Found today, tag still on... Just a week after I discovered an unfixable rip in my boots!

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Why would someone throw this away???

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This morning dive revealed a bunch of nice paints. Mostly acrylics but all are sealed.

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We are such a wasteful society. This was found in one CVS dumpster.

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My sister found this chest in a dumpster behind her work. Pretty awesome, great for storing kid’s toys.

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My dad pulled this gigantic canvas out of the dumpster at the school he works at. I taped the one tear it had, covered it in black gesso, and painted this.

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While walking the dog in the rain, we stumbled upon a white whale among a pile of trash. A working KitchenAid mixer that cleaned up pretty well.

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Me and my mom went dumpster diving.

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Didn’t even have to go far... Sitting right by my apartment dumpster (colors are more vivid in real life).

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Found in the box behind an office supply store! Perfect condition.

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My mom found a Prismacolor Deluxe Edition set with all the colored pencils while dumpster diving. Some barely used. It’s crazy what people throw out.

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My latest dumpster dive all cleaned up. Found the box spring leaning against the dumpster. Ripped it apart, sanded and stained it.

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Curbside find! Found next to a restaurant dumpster while on a run. Hid it in a bush and came back for it an hour and a half later! Probably not worth much, but I’m so excited to look through these Legos!

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I found her while dumpster diving this morning. I was able to find homes for her two sisters, but nobody wanted her. Looks like now I have a cat.

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Rescued two of these green beauties from a dumpster at the office building I work at.

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I don’t know if this constitutes dumpster diving, but I cleaned up some ice skates I found in an abandoned skating rink.

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Local game store closed yesterday.

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Just found a 10K gold bracelet while dumpster diving. Total weight is 37.6 grams, which totals at just over $925 melt value. It’s a nice-looking chain with no damage, so I should get more if I decide to sell it.

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So excited about this curbside find!! The wife wanted new barstools to replace our wood and cloth ones. Found a set of 4 of these with a sign that read, ’Free! I’m vegan now.’ HA! Cleaned up the leather already and going to do some chrome repair: as good as new! Thank you, vegan stranger!