25 lucky people who found a real treasure among the trash (26 photos)

This is how you live your life and don’t suspect that in the giant - and not the most fragrant - trash can behind the house there are jewelry - both figuratively and sometimes literally. From fresh, quality food for the week to new sneakers and luxury furniture, here are just a few of the treasures found in dumpsters by members of the r/DumpsterDiving subreddit.





1. “I found this little guy in the trash a couple of days ago.”



2. “I found a new Singer Sc220 machine. The box said "broken" but it works great. I am delighted!"





3. “The gods smiled on me today”



4. “Digged up this late 50s bike from a junkyard on my way to work.”



5. “Found both in the trash today.”



6. “Found it near the trash cans in the parking lot of my house. He stayed there for a week and a half. It even rained a little on him. I didn’t expect it to turn on at all.”



7. “Found it with a bunch of letters and photos from the early 1900s. The child in the photographs was born in 1919, so he’s probably about the same age.”



8. “Found in a trash heap: 19th century mahogany flower stand.”



9. “Today I got lucky and found brand new Converse sneakers!”



10. “Restoration of a chair from the 60s”



11. “Cute lamp I found on the side of the road.”



12. “Found a working 48-inch TV and a PS3 console on the side of the road! I wasn’t even looking for anything, I was just walking home and saw it at the neighboring house.”



13. “I'm temporarily living in a small college town. Dumpsters are gold mines right now."



14. “Why throw this away??”



15. “Found these letters from 1938 in a construction dumpster at a nursing home where I was doing renovation work.”



16. “In 2018, I found 15 used iPhones in the electronics trash bin at work. I replaced the screens and batteries between them and ended up with 6 working phones which I sold for £500. Half an hour well spent"



17. “My first dumpster diving experience. I saw the “Store is closing” sign and thought: hmmmm...”



18. “It looks like I’ll have to plant a vegetable garden this summer!”



19. “We found a sealed box in a landfill. Inside was a new, unopened auto-aiming telescope.”



20. “I saw a free sofa on the side of the road and decided to rummage through the pillows for change. Found a $100 chip from a local casino."



21. “Found a box of old Japanese bills and two books from the late 1800s!”



22. “Just saved them from the trash heap.”



23. “West Elm 8-Piece Set.” Collection with animals "Outstanding Gentleman"



24. “I found three containers of LEGO in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant.”



25. “Happy Easter, a reminder from Jesus that capitalism is a broken system that puts profit before people! All of this is from the local bakery's trash can, thrown out overnight... All with an unexpired expiration date. I'm sad and angry at the same time that they just threw it all away instead of donating and brightening up some child's day."