Scavenger

A scavenger is someone who rifles through old junk looking for stuff of value that they might be able to turn into a profit. They often work with junk dealers who operate out of junk yards or salvage yards. The art of scavenging is frowned upon by many people, and there is a fine line between finding a discarded gem of notable value in some forgotten locale, or discovering a TV set in somebody's house. This latter example is not called scavenging, its called stealing, and is generally considered illegal in most civilized societies. Those who find work as a scavenger sometimes have a network of connections, which assists in garnering repeat business. Most often however, scavengers work alone, picking through the meaty remains of somebody else's discarded trash.