20 Lucky People Who Found Their Newest Prized Possesion in the Trash

With new products and technologies coming out every day, it’s easy for people to become wasteful: buying the new and getting rid of the old. However, some folks value all things, even if they’re someone’s trash. In fact, there’s a whole community of people on Reddit who share their best free finds while dumpster diving. From valuable jewelry to amusing decoration, there is treasure out there for everyone and we gathered a few examples of such.

“Someone wanted these 2 vintage jewelry boxes gone, so I took them. They’re full of older jewelry.”

“Our condo has a freecycle section in the garage where people put stuff they don’t want. I’ve snagged a bunch of awesome items from it.”

“I’ve found an Apple TV, a Bluetooth-speaker, and a MacBook in perfect condition. The previous owner threw it away because one button was broken and I easily fixed it.”

“Took this guy back up to my apartment, googled what was wrong with it, watched a few YouTube videos on how to repair, and now I have an espresso maker that works perfectly.”

“2 oil on panel paintings from between 1929 and 1934 I found tonight in Canada. I can’t believe these were thrown away, but honestly not surprised at this point...”

“It was in a dumpster, but they took great care to leave it visible and not touching anything too gross. Thank you, thank you, random musician.”

“We find really nice big keyboards, cheap violins, and instrument cases pretty often in music store dumpsters.”

“Amazing armchairs from the roadside. They were in a fairly wealthy suburb. My guess is they are an unfinished project. They even had spare screws and screw covers taped to them”

“Took the back way home this evening and stumbled upon this beauty. My boyfriend has been shopping around for a gaming chair too!”

“Watched a guy put a box in an e-waste bin and had to take a look.”

“Really nice office chair. Welp, I just sold it.”

“Found this $200 printer in a college dumpster today! Works just fine. It came with extra cartridges too!”

“A flower store threw out dozens of bouquets because a portion of the flowers were wilting. I brought them home.”

“Apple AirPods, with charging case. Still in the retail packaging! This is from an apartment complex located near a local university with rich kids.”

“A Mendini violin I found in a dumpster. This was by far the best find, out of the entire rescued haul.”

“I’m 6 months pregnant, and my husband and I both lost our jobs. We found this infant bed with diaper changing accessories for only $4!”

“At the side of the road for free, solid wood and in fairly great shape. And almost exactly what I’ve been searching for in second-hand shops.”

“Thanks, Fred.”

“Found a rose gold 128 GB iPhone 7+ with just cracked glass. Everything else works and is in great shape.”

“Found this in a construction site dumpster in my neighborhood. I cleaned it up and it works!”

“I found this in my apartment complex dumpster. I pulled it out, placed at my front door, and let nature do the rest.”

“Someone threw this away. It had a price tag of $1,099.”

Would you take a good thing that was thrown away or would you decide not to take the risk?