there goes another

[Smashing Ground]

yep there goes another phone.”yep lost my phone again”this time i was hiding a cache in a marsh.
even went back with a metal detector and no luck.
well at least there will be a new cache published soon.
does this happen often or is it just me? 😥

[Team Black-Cat]

Happened twice to me. Once I didn’t realize I lost it until I heard it ringing about 100 feet away. The next time, I had no idea where I lost it. That was after getting home after being at about 25 different caches about 40 miles away. I started retracing my route for the day and found it between the second to last and the last cache we were at.
Lost two cameras last year… 😥

[cheezehead]

Yup! happened to me also. Was down in the Twin Cities last spring at France Park(??). Did a 1/2 dozen or so caches or when I relized it was gone.
Started to retrace my route. And yup…the last cache, farthest one away.

[Braid Beards Gang]

I kinda of “lost” one last year. My phone was in a lower pocket of a pair of cargo shorts as I did a river crossing. Those phones really don’t like being submerged.

Another phone related incident. The snowblower makes a strange noise and just as I began to worry that I broke something pieces of my phone were flying out the chute.

[JimandLinda]

But you DID find your phone! 😉

[Sparse Grey Hackle]

Yes.

About a 1/2 dozen times (only) 😳 until I learned my lesson(s) the hard way(s). 🙄

➡ Now, a secured zippered pocket for the iPhone.

💡 Geo-truck keys, on a lanyard around my neck.
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“Hey, call my cell phone, maybe I’ll see the light or hear it ring. Or, did I have it on vibrate?”

[Scaffdogs]

We were night caching and i stepped on leafs with mud underneath. Fell sideways and my phone smashed in my pocket. J almost smashed his iphone on rocks earlier. Anyone who gets an iphone should get an otter box.

[Sparse Grey Hackle]

@Scaffdogs wrote:

We were night caching and i stepped on leafs with mud underneath. Fell sideways and my phone smashed in my pocket. J almost smashed his iphone on rocks earlier. Anyone who gets an iphone should get an otter box.

And, wear a helmet!

YIKES!

[Trekkin and Birdin]

We’ve lost it, but managed to find it before getting too far. Bummer on the lost phone, but thanks for a new cache placement! 😉

[Smashing Ground]

phone update:i found it with my mom after starting the first place i looked at my phone and put it back into my pocket.after about an hour walk through not fun terrain i located it with my metal detector in the last 15 feet of possible area right off the main trail “if i would have worked it backward i would have found it in 1 minute.
thanks for the other phone stories,it makes me not question myself that much

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@smashing ground wrote:

phone update:i found it with my mom after starting the first place i looked at my phone and put it back into my pocket.after about an hour walk through not fun terrain i located it with my metal detector in the last 15 feet of possible area right off the main trail “if i would have worked it backward i would have found it in 1 minute.
thanks for the other phone stories,it makes me not question myself that much

Very cool!

I had a phone take a swim in Lake Winnebago while canoeing to a cache. It didn’t work as a phone after that swim.

[TyeDyeSkyGuy]

Yep, lost one in the rocks while hunting a cache in Racine. A very happy day as I HATED that phone!

[raslas]

Roger and I have both lost phones while caching. When I lost mine we were able to find it by using Roger’s phone to call it. When Roger lost his it actually was raining and we found it after about 1/2 hour in the rain. Believe it or not, it still worked!! There is a new phone out called the Qauntico that is water resistant, in up to 3 feet of water for 30 minutes and is virtually indestructible. It was tested by the military. This may have to be our next phones!!!

[RSplash40]

I lost one temporarily while on the way to the delorme final.. bit of luck and the sharp eye of a dark feline spotted in the grass.

Note to self and others – when you leave the house caching for the day, put the most obnoxious ring tone you have on and CRANK IT!

[Sparse Grey Hackle]

@RSplash40 wrote:

Note to self and others – when you leave the house caching for the day, put the most obnoxious ring tone you have on and CRANK IT!

That’s a plan. 💡 💡 💡

Luckily for us (OK, me) for every one of those 1/2 dozen times ‘misplacing’ a phone I did find and recover them.

➡ (Sure cut into my caching time and increased stress levels.)

Now, while fishing I lost two phones into the drink.

One of them, I actually was able to net it before it made its way down to Davey Jones’ Locker. ❗

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