treasure ranger

Someone who shops curbsides, trash bins and dumpsters for useful or valuable items, often items that just need to be cleaned slightly to appear new again. A treasure ranger is always on the look out for free stuff during their daily lives and does not like the terms "dumpster diving" or "trash picking" because they don't go to places just to search through the trash, but instead have eagle eyes and will divert course to save a cool thing from it's landfill fate.