American Pickers: Mike Wolfe is one of the faces of the show, along

Going antique shopping for leisure is one thing, but trying to turn it into a job is quite another.

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But the cast members of "American Pickers" have succeeded in doing just that, gaining

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enormous success while broadcasting their picking exploits. Since January 2010, the series has taken

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History viewers all over the country (aside from these particular places) to search through garages,

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sheds, storage facilities, and more for potentially priceless lost artefacts. There is always fun to be had,

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regardless of whether they discover amazing things or not. Mike Wolfe is one of the faces of the show,

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along with Danielle Colby and Frank Fritz, who left "American Pickers" in 2020. Since he has been the

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show's host from the outset, Wolfe has built up a solid rapport with home viewers over his more

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than ten years on television. He clearly likes his line of work and the sense of adventure it continues to bring,

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and he does so with an apparent limitless optimism and a love for pretty much all things rusted

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and old. As it turns out, however, Wolfe's existence as a picker has a less pleasant side that most people probably

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aren't aware of, so it's not all sunshine and rainbows for him. Mike Wolfe actually has a lot of regrets

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to work through outside of the spotlight of "American Pickers." Why does he feel this way about his job?

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