Twmccoy
* Ace Member *
Yesterday I decided to throw next to an elementary school that has a nice patch of grass behind it. The land is flat, but eventually drops toward weeds and a creek on the right. inevitably I grip locked my new G* Corvette pretty bad.... right into a thick mess of weeds and willows along the small creek. I couldn't even see exactly where it landed. I had only a vague idea of where to look, and quite honestly didn't have high hopes of finding the Corvette.
Yesterday I searched for over and hour, trudging through the weeds on both sides of the creek digging through all the thick clumps of vegetation. I also looked in the (shallow) creek. All to no avail. It was getting murderously hot and I finally realized I wasn't going to find it. I stalked off, pissy yet determined. I decided to return early the next morning and search the place again when it was cooler. The area I lost this disc is also alongside a pedestrian trail, so I was getting all sorts of weird glances from passers by while rummaging through the bushes/weeds.
Today was more of the same. Searching in cooler temps made things easier, but I had no better luck finding the Corvette. I literally pored through the weeds on both sides of that creek with a fine tooth comb. Nothing. Eventually I decided to step down right to the edge of the creek to a small sandbar to take a closer look in the water. It was about a 4' drop down the bank. No disc in the water. However, as I looked up I caught a glimpse of something on the other side of the creek on the steep slope. The Corvette was literally right in front of my face as I stood in the creekbed. It was positioned in such a way that I'd have never seen it from up above. I had to get down in the creekbed to ever have a hope of finding it.
This was literally a needle in a haystack find. I had to get in the perfect position to even see the disc. By the point I actually found it I was almost ready to give up on it entirely. Total time spent searching was probably 3 hours, an hour and a half each day.
Once I found the Corvette I went to one of my usual throwing locations and the disc let me know that the time I looked for it was well spent. This G* Corvette was smashing, once again besting all competitors for sheer distance.
I'm surprised I found it in the end. The disc was ultimately way harder to locate than I imagined. I covered so much ground, and did so very thoroughly. I don't think I've ever searched for something that hard in my whole life.
The whole idiotic process was my fault. I picked a lousy place to throw and then grip locked the disc like a woeful noob right into the thickest weeds possible. If not for sheer determination I never would have found it.
Yesterday I searched for over and hour, trudging through the weeds on both sides of the creek digging through all the thick clumps of vegetation. I also looked in the (shallow) creek. All to no avail. It was getting murderously hot and I finally realized I wasn't going to find it. I stalked off, pissy yet determined. I decided to return early the next morning and search the place again when it was cooler. The area I lost this disc is also alongside a pedestrian trail, so I was getting all sorts of weird glances from passers by while rummaging through the bushes/weeds.
Today was more of the same. Searching in cooler temps made things easier, but I had no better luck finding the Corvette. I literally pored through the weeds on both sides of that creek with a fine tooth comb. Nothing. Eventually I decided to step down right to the edge of the creek to a small sandbar to take a closer look in the water. It was about a 4' drop down the bank. No disc in the water. However, as I looked up I caught a glimpse of something on the other side of the creek on the steep slope. The Corvette was literally right in front of my face as I stood in the creekbed. It was positioned in such a way that I'd have never seen it from up above. I had to get down in the creekbed to ever have a hope of finding it.
This was literally a needle in a haystack find. I had to get in the perfect position to even see the disc. By the point I actually found it I was almost ready to give up on it entirely. Total time spent searching was probably 3 hours, an hour and a half each day.
Once I found the Corvette I went to one of my usual throwing locations and the disc let me know that the time I looked for it was well spent. This G* Corvette was smashing, once again besting all competitors for sheer distance.
I'm surprised I found it in the end. The disc was ultimately way harder to locate than I imagined. I covered so much ground, and did so very thoroughly. I don't think I've ever searched for something that hard in my whole life.
The whole idiotic process was my fault. I picked a lousy place to throw and then grip locked the disc like a woeful noob right into the thickest weeds possible. If not for sheer determination I never would have found it.
