You know it, Seven and Contendah...
Thar's gold in that there junk.
The more affluent the community-The better quality the stuff.
I was freakin' "Dr. Dealgood" back home..
I made a killing for a decade or two, salvaging and reselling riding mowers that only needed new air filters, top-end electronics that only needed fuses or a switch replaced.
I drove a car home outta our dump once (with title from the guy dumping it) by replacing the flat tires with others I found and scrounging all the lawn mowers for leftover gasoline. 'Twas a '69 Rambler American. It brought me some nice dough when I sold it to a collector.
Once ya throw stuff out-it is considered "abandoned" and usually becomes "public domain." Fair game for the picking.
My advice: Don't walk around with yer nose in the air......You'll miss all the cool s#!t laying on the ground for the taking.