Searching for discs vs Casual round

[Lexual]

I noticed the other day when playing a casual round with my friends that I just wanted to stop playing and search the creek for new discs. I'm not sure why but it just feels like Christmas when you spot one and go get it. The moment right before I grab it, I'm like "I wonder what this disc is and how did it get here?". Anyway, if I see that the disc has a name and number, I'll do my best to get it to them unless they tell me to just keep it.


Does anyway else like to hunt for discs more than playing at times? I feel weird about it and wondered how DCG'ers felt about it.

 

[elmexdela]

nope

 

[KniceZ]

I have a trip to my local course to look for discs in a water hazard rather than playing a round. But I wouldn't say I like that more.

 

[bradharris]

Finding other people's discs is the last thing on my mind when I'm on the course.

 

[Thumber]

Count down to someone calling you a pond diving durty thief is on

(for the record, I am not calling you that)

 

[disc qualified]

i have noticed discs in trees or bushes or down the side of a ravine and if i have to go out of my way to get it i always leave it there. 9 times out of 10 it's a POS dx that i don't want and sure don't want the responsibility of trying to find the owner.

 

[Lexual]

I'm expecting it :/ It's perhaps that I play the same small course 4 times a week too.

 

[sgamerp]

Our courses that do have water hazards I normally don't play because they aren't very good.

 

[Monkeypaws]

I think setting out to find discs would be less fun than happening upon one while searching for your own discs.

The one time I did that was to try and retrieve a nice River my son threw into a lake; the waters were so murky it was a complete fail.

 

[Stardoggy]

I keep my eyes open when I'm walking my dog, but I don't go out of my way while playing. I find it just throws me off my game if I'm worried about finding lost discs.

 

[mutteriwiritys]

It depends pretty much of the player: when I didn't know what discs I want to throw I sometimes stopped and searched the near bushes if there was a disc. I've always returned a disc I've found if there has been a readable number on it and few times even when there hasn't been a number, so even though I find a disc it will most of the time find it's real owner. At the moment I know what plastics I want to throw (only durable plastics), what companies (I like to be different and throw less popular companies discs), weights (near to max weight) and colors so if I find a random disc it usually is beat up and I don't like beat stuff also. So I actually have no reason anymore to search for discs. Well, I could get some money or sell found discs with no name but it's just not my style, I'm too kind so I just return them.. Lol once I found a disc from a basket of a short (about 160') hole.
E: Had to say that I really agree that it feels great to find a disc. Just kinda like opening a present not knowing what there will be.

 

[JC17393]

Count down to someone calling you a pond diving durty thief is on

(for the record, I am not calling you that)

I would hope no one calls him that, considering he states that he does his best to return the discs that have names and numbers on them.

The pond diving durty thieves are the ones that keep or sell the ones they find without making any effort to contact the true owner and return their disc(s) to them.

 

[DannyThunders]

The main course i play at El dorado in long beach has these vicious knobby disc eating trees, im always hunting for discs in those things when im walking

 

[Burritotoes]

I built a lake rake to retrieve my favorite disc several years ago. Since then, I have gone back about once a year to dredge the lake. My 9 year old loves it and it's really a good feeling to reunite someone with their lost discs.

I wouldn't say I enjoy it more than playing, but it is fun in a different kind of way.

 

[fritothedog]

It depends. In Stillwater, Hoyt Grove Park is good for finding discs. I like the course a lot but if my disc goes in the drink I am going in after it. Seemed like every time I went in after it I found at least one more.

Once I went with my cousin and we jumped in the spot where I tended to find the most discs. We pulled out 32 discs in 20 minutes. It was a blast. And then we finished our round...

I would not go to the course just to find discs. I would find discs while I played the course.

 

[Grungedude42]

Spotting a disc triggers the reward sensor of my brain. It becomes like a treasure chest full of possibilities, and I can't wait to find out what it is. (And always call the owner if it's inked. I've even shipped one back on my dime)

 

[allinpflop]

The courses I play most often either don't have water or you aren't permitted to enter it. Even if you were I wouldn't even go in for my own disc let alone someone else's. I find no pleasure at all in finding a disc and due to the difficulty in returning one I most likely won't even pick up a disc if I do find it. I have enough discs for my self and if you lost a disc you go find it. I guess if I didn't have enough discs and backups of my own maybe I would feel different.

 

[Mabuku1]

I only look for my own shots. When I see a lonely disc hiding somewhere on the course, I leave it alone. In my mind someone threw it and is walking up to throw their next shot. The last thing I need is some fellow golfer thinking in coming up on his disc. I buy at least a few discs a month, so someone's used disc is the lowest thing on my priority list. I have seen multiple people pick up discs and there's only a name and they just take it, even if it's not their name.

 

[scarpfish]

The only time I find other people's discs is when I'm looking in the same muck for my own.

 

[bobmcnelly]

I have hunted around in the thick stuff before but most the time I just find them when I'm looking for my own discs.