"American Pickers follows lifelong pickers Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz on their search for lost and forgotten treasures. Part sleuths, part antiques experts, and part cultural historians ñ Mike and Frankís adventures bring them to small towns across the country in search of weird and wonderful Americana. Each treasure hunt leads them to fascinating, quirky characters ñ everyday people with stories that open a window onto American life. As professional ìpickers,î these childhood buddies comb through memorabilia and artifacts, hoping to find treasures among the trash. Sometimes they make a few bucks; and sometimes they walk away with little more than the history of an item."