First Dumpster Dive!

After tearing apart computers for a few days, I ran out of things to do. Just out of sheer boredom I decided to head out on a dumpster run. First was an apartment dumpster. Got a couple hundred lbs of shear scrap and a 10 lb pure brass lamp. Second dumpster had a virgin tower(about to crack that beast open right now! It's BIG) and monitor. Third dumpster had about 40 lbs worth of cast iron pans and about 50 lbs of small tin sheets. That's about it but for my first time I think it was a good night!

PS: I could throw up some pics of that tower, like what type of cpu is in it, if you guys want

Owe it all to you folks! thanks again!

WOOT!!!! Was a great night for you! Have fun tearing that tower down!

Originally Posted by injunjoe

Sounds like you did a Swan Dive instead of the dreaded Belly Flop.

Good diving!

Thanks guys! I appreciate it, and hopefully my next time out won't be a flop.

Well, other then an AMD CPU, 4 sticks of RAM, a hefty motherboard, the only thing worth showing is this:

Anyone know what one of these things would sell for as more then scrap value?
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And this is that brass lamp I found. Heavy sucker for it's size!


If any zombies come crawlin up to my door, I know what i'm grabbin!

You could get probable $10 bucks for the video card on ebay. Just have to make sure it works is all. Also how much ram was there? You can get more than scrap value for them too if the sticks are 1gb each.

Depending on the cast iron pans you may make more on them than all the other stuff you found. I strongly suggest you hold them til you have enough "junk" to take to a flea market. In fact I suggest you go to a flea market and get a good idea of prices for cast iron pans and other items so you are aware of their value. I assure you the pans are worth much more than scrap. Congrats on some good finds, Mike.

YEah cast iron is no joke. Here is the holy grail of cast iron frying pan. Griswold #2 sold for over $800 on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Griswold-2-c...item336c3aceec

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

YEah cast iron is no joke. Here is the holy grail of cast iron frying pan. Griswold #2 sold for over $800 on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Griswold-2-c...item336c3aceec

I picked up a griswold dutch oven out of a pile of scrap. Its a bit rusty but should clean up well and fetch a nice price! If it says "china" on the back its junk scrap metal. Griswolds are worth some good money!

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

You could get probable $10 bucks for the video card on ebay. Just have to make sure it works is all. Also how much ram was there? You can get more than scrap value for them too if the sticks are 1gb each.

Ah, was hopin for a little more then $10 bucks but certainly not complainin And sadly, all four ram sticks were only 512 MB...

Originally Posted by David

Ah, was hopin for a little more then $10 bucks but certainly not complainin And sadly, all four ram sticks were only 512 MB...

Well if all 4 are the same batch you might get lucky and sell the whole 2gb bundle for 10 bucks on ebay. I did it once. Only once and it took 2 weeks to sell them. But free listing and was more than scrap value so no big deal. Never hurts to throw it up on ebay and see. I usualy offer free shipping and start my auction at no less then $8 that way it pays for fees and shipping. At $8 you profit about $1.50 for the item if it sells for that. The ram you could ship in first class padded envelope for under $2 so more profit there.

hate to be the buzz kill david but i think your lamp is die cast......your wagner pans are the real deal though.........great find!!!!

Good for you David....I've never had such a good dive and I've been swimming in dumpsters for over a year now !!! I'm going right over to my mothers house to see if her frying pans are Griswalds !

Originally Posted by fl1870

hate to be the buzz kill david but i think your lamp is die cast......your wagner pans are the real deal though.........great find!!!!

Any easy way to tell? I scrapped some of the outside off and it still has the brass color. Shiny too!

Originally Posted by Dumpster-Dee

Good for you David....I've never had such a good dive and I've been swimming in dumpsters for over a year now !!! I'm going right over to my mothers house to see if her frying pans are Griswalds !

Yeah, idk. I was just sitting there and I really wasn't going to go out but for some reason just had a gut feeling I should. Pays to listen to your gut! I also think dumpster diving is an untapped resource in my area, at least until others see me doing it lol.

Best of luck to you, hope you find some good ones!

Cast iron pans, look on the bottom and if there is a ring on it then it is very old. That ring was for putting on the old wood burning stoves, the ring would set in the hole in the stove.

i personally like it when the old threads come up, i do a double take when i see the old guys that i used to see post everyday