[Question] ID a disc or ask "What is the story on this disc...?" - Take II

[brutalbrutus]

Yea, it could be. The dome looks about right and it does have that discraft fairway/mid tweener look to the rim. Like the Zombee, which is something else it could be. If it flies like a mildly worn in Roc3(more or less straight but resists turn) its probly a Zombee. If it flies like a well broken in roc3, its a Glide

If it was an impact, you would know right away. They have a weird texturing on the rim, like if they tried to cross out tooling.

 

[Casey 1988]

Yea, it could be. The dome looks about right and it does have that discraft fairway/mid tweener look to the rim. Like the Zombee, which is something else it could be. If it flies like a mildly worn in Roc3(more or less straight but resists turn) its probly a Zombee. If it flies like a well broken in roc3, its a Glide

If it was an impact, you would know right away. They have a weird texturing on the rim, like if they tried to cross out tooling.

Same with the Glide, big bead on a non crosshatch Impact rim. The disc I think it might be if the top does not say Discraft is the one mold that is one of the Speed 6 DGA midrange discs with the Impact like flight, the Squall. That mold looks like a modified Buzz that is between a Buzz and Buzz US.

 

[brutalbrutus]

Dude... just stop

 

[Three Putt]

Yea, it could be. The dome looks about right and it does have that discraft fairway/mid tweener look to the rim. Like the Zombee, which is something else it could be. If it flies like a mildly worn in Roc3(more or less straight but resists turn) its probly a Zombee. If it flies like a well broken in roc3, its a Glide

If it was an impact, you would know right away. They have a weird texturing on the rim, like if they tried to cross out tooling.

The Zombee to me is like an old-school large diameter driver. There is a little concave to the wing and it has a sharper, driver-like nose profile. In looks it says "large diameter Cheetah" to me. The Glide has a mid top on a fairway driver-sized wing; it's a classic tweener. You should easily be able to tell a Glide from a Zombee from a picture of the nose profile, which is cut off in the picture he posted.

 

[Casey 1988]

Dude... just stop

I won't.

 

[brutalbrutus]

Obviously... and the world is a lot dumber for it.

 

[Casey 1988]

The Zombee to me is like an old-school large diameter driver. There is a little concave to the wing and it has a sharper, driver-like nose profile. In looks it says "large diameter Cheetah" to me. The Glide has a mid top on a fairway driver-sized wing; it's a classic tweener. You should easily be able to tell a Glide from a Zombee from a picture of the nose profile, which is cut off in the picture he posted.

Glide has a Bead to it, a big bead if I am mistaken and no super noticeable concave to the wing. By your description that makes the ? stamped disc a Zombie.

A DGA mold I mentioned earlier I now know the Discraft disc is not, SP has shiny flecks in the plastic and SP had much earlier in 2000's when SP first came out a true Shimmer to the plastic something that I do not see in that disc.

 

[brutalbrutus]

Yep... huge bead.:|

 

[Casey 1988]

Yep... huge bead.:|

Then what did I see? I Disc I saw was exactly the same but Big Bead and not a Wombat/3. I will try to ask him to post better pictures the OP.

 

[Casey 1988]

I went to the local disc golf shop. Disc n dat and got some help. Narrowed it down to something around a discraft impact. Got home and took some measurements and I think it's a glide based on inbounds disc golf information. Going to throw it this weekend to see if I might be right.

I think if you could send better pictures of the disc, it would help us out to what mold it is.

 

[Three Putt]

Glide has a Bead to it, a big bead if I am mistaken and no super noticeable concave to the wing. By your description that makes the ? stamped disc a Zombie.

A DGA mold I mentioned earlier I now know the Discraft disc is not, SP has shiny flecks in the plastic and SP had much earlier in 2000's when SP first came out a true Shimmer to the plastic something that I do not see in that disc.

I have no idea if the Glide has a bead or not, and I'm holding one in my hand right now. :|

With the Champ/Z-type plastics, the plastic really packs out a mold and shows the mold details (think record top; you never got details like a record top with DX plastic.) The plastic is also that translucent stuff you can peer into and see more than if you were holding a base plastic disc. So the Glide has...something. Possibly a microbead. Possibly just a somewhat uneven spot where the core and wing mold parts come together so that there is a little odd feeling right there. Probably if the Glide was run in Pro D you would never even notice it; the plastic would shrink a bit, smooth over that section with an opaque plastic and we would say it's clearly a beadless disc. But, it's a Z disc. So it might be beadless with a little molding imperfection or it might have a microbead; results inconclusive.

At any rate, it does not have a big bead.

 

[Enzy]

Does this help?

 

[Three Putt]

Does this help?

Looks like a Zombee to me.

 

[Echota]

Any idea what this disc is? Or know anything about its history? The Stamp is for the Mid-Atlantic Disc Club 2005 World Tour. I was gifted a bag of abandoned discs. Innova disc. DX plastic.

 

[Ortizmo34]

Another mystery?

There is zero information stamped into this. The only info is hand written on the underside. Guesses?

 

[kw83028]

There is zero information stamped into this. The only info is hand written on the underside. Guesses?

I've seen that stamp before but I can't place where.

My first thought based on the initials is a Gateway Diamond Element, but that doesn't look like Diamond plastic, nor does it look like a midrange. I'm stumped.

 

[Hampstead]

I've seen that stamp before but I can't place where.

My first thought based on the initials is a Gateway Diamond Element, but that doesn't look like Diamond plastic, nor does it look like a midrange. I'm stumped.

I agree and because it's Gateway, you're probably correct.

 

[Three Putt]

That's a "lotus" stamp that Gateway uses a lot; I've seen it on several molds. D EL should be Diamond Element as has been mentioned. It doesn't really look like Diamond plastic as has been mentioned. That's all I got. :|

 

[Ortizmo34]

I've heard back from Gateway and that disc, is indeed, a Gateway Diamond Element!
Thanks everyone!
Scott

 

[Sethamphetamine]

Any idea what this disc is? Or know anything about its history? The Stamp is for the Mid-Atlantic Disc Club 2005 World Tour. I was gifted a bag of abandoned discs. Innova disc. DX plastic.

Looks like a teebird just eyeballing it