To those saying turn it in to lost and found. There is none at my home course
There is no club or league at my home course
95% of the people there are rec, and 98% of all discs I find are DX
Since you guys seem to think jd and I are terrible horrible people for keeping (to date one disc with a number on it) a disc someone left behind, I'll ask this. How long do you look for your discs before giving in? I lost my favorite disc last night, searched for about 20 minutes with the group of four I was with and then we finished the round. I then borrowed a flash light and went looking for almost an hour after dark for it to no avail. I will likely go back out and search for it after work since I didn't care to get up really early and look for it. Now if it's gone and I find someone on the course that has found it. It is theirs. I will ask them if i can buy or trade for it back, but I'm not expecting handouts from strangers. I"ll likely just go replace the disc I lost and continue on. Do you wait around for 2 months without your favorite driver, or do you replace it? By replacing it, you have forfeit the idea of getting that disc back.
I look at it the same way as a job. You can dress up nicely, put a lot of HARD WORK and MONEY into your clothes and appearance, and into your resume for the interview (buying disc). You get the job and you are happy and enjoy the job (using disc). Now if you stop going to work or doing their job (stop looking for the disc), should you be able to work there any longer?