The team finds a dolphin skull in a truck at Robertson’s Auto Salvage, Wareham, MA. They learn from Dr. Greg Skomal, Marine Biologist, inset, that it is apparently illegal to possess one of these. They return it to the doctor for safekeeping.


cipal photographer, but he’s also somewhat of an assistant director. We have an audio guy, editing guy and a marketing person, as well. And then Jonathan serves as executive pro- ducer. It is a lean operation and scaled to a YouTube budget. Vince has been the heart of the project because of his passion and excitement for it, which comes across on screen.


AR: What is the feedback from recyclers? How are they using these videos? AARON: With social media we have a worldwide audi-


VINCE: On the first night after the first day of shooting when we’ve done our big search, we usually will be having dinner as a crew and we will be talking through three or four different endings based on what we found that day. Like the show featuring Cocoa Auto Salvage where we found the Apple Watch. We didn’t know where we were going with that. But we powered it up, and found it wasn’t locked. We located the owner’s contact info and we sent that watch back to the owner. AARON: After we finish filming, we go home and then there are weeks of editing. As far as the crew goes, it’s Vince and I – and I’m usually directing – and we have one prin-


While at M & M Auto Parts in Fredericksburg, VA, the treasure hunting team convince facility owner and series executive producer Jonathan Morrow (right) to put on a found eagle costume. And for some reason ... he complies.


ence. Every new episode we’ve done keeps getting more and more reviews. It can only grow, which is great for the auto recycler.


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Automotive Recycling


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