Lost Disc Mega Thread: Post your lost disc questions and stories here.

[BogeyNoMore]

Traded that old Comet in for a nice, new hit pink, ESP Crank. Turns out Pad really likes that disc, so: win-win. :hfive:

Construction's underway to nearly double the size of the place. :thmbup: Had a great talk with Scott Aikens, Global Sales Mgr.

 

[Curtis_Valk]

I think this is in the top ten of best lost disc stories that I've heard. Did this Comet of "artifact" status have any interesting history?

 

[BogeyNoMore]

Unfortunately, Pad wasn't there so I never found out the disc's history. But it's definitely the best experience I've had getting a disc back to someone.

 

[BogeyNoMore]

He texted me back about it today:

Well I've had it for about 20 years. Comet is my favorite disc! I have gotten more birdies with this disc than any other disc and one hole in one.

Told him I hope he hits another Ace with I.

 

[Three Putt]

In 2011 I was coaching soccer and started a kids disc golf program. I invited the soccer kids to try disc golf and a couple of them started coming out to play. One of the soccer kids that started playing was the son of somebody who worked with me; her husband was my assistant soccer coach. They used to bring both kids out to play disc golf for family time. We got some Blizzard discs as prizes for the kids division the next summer and the son won one of those events. They moved to someplace in Ohio a few years later; I have no idea if the kid still plays disc golf or not.

About six weeks ago we were playing and there was a disc sitting on top of the basket for hole 2. Blizzard Wraith; the name on it is that kid from my soccer team. The kid would have lost that at least six years ago. It makes you wonder who has had it since then.

 

[Central Scrutinizer]

Found this sweet, old school X-Comet at a local course:

Turns out "PAD 7979" is... Pad Timmons, Vice President of Discraft.
Not that I think he's gonna have a problem replacing an X-Comet, and I'm not looking for plastic or any other merch as a reward for doing the right thing. But given how old the stamp is, and his position in the company...

I'm just kinda hoping there's some sort of history or cool story to this disc. Might be an Ace disc or... who knows.
It's just an X-Comet. But sometimes, there's more to a disc than mold, weight, plastic and color...
opcorn:

So I called the company, got his extension and left him a voicemail asking him the best way to get his disc back to him.


Then again, it might just be some rando X-Comet, and he never gets back to me. :\

Pad Timmons! He was the guy behind In-Flight, a series of three stores in Ann Arbor, East Lansing and Kalamazoo back in the '90s. LOVED that place so much. He also designed Chippewa Banks in Midland, if memory serves. Great guy!

 

[ru4por]

Pad Timmons! He was the guy behind In-Flight, a series of three stores in Ann Arbor, East Lansing and Kalamazoo back in the '90s. LOVED that place so much. He also designed Chippewa Banks in Midland, if memory serves. Great guy!

You're correct. In Flight was the only disc golf store I knew of for many years. I just lost my Flying Eye Comet a couple years ago. I bought it with a cube bag back when I was a pup. That bag is still in use....my brother in law uses it. I bought a sweet 32 panel Hacky Sack there back in the day as well. It is also still in service. Kids today HATE it. It is stiff and reactive. Most of them today want to hackerbate with a soft, understuffed beanbag. (serve themselves and throw four fancy tricks without interest in passing the hack to anyone else, lol)

 

[Central Scrutinizer]

You're correct. In Flight was the only disc golf store I knew of for many years. I just lost my Flying Eye Comet a couple years ago. I bought it with a cube bag back when I was a pup. That bag is still in use....my brother in law uses it. I bought a sweet 32 panel Hacky Sack there back in the day as well. It is also still in service. Kids today HATE it. It is stiff and reactive. Most of them today want to hackerbate with a soft, understuffed beanbag. (serve themselves and throw four fancy tricks without interest in passing the hack to anyone else, lol)

I still use my Cube bag with the In-Flight sun logo for special missions, such as taking various putters to putting league (gotta be ready to "go to the bullpen" and switch to straddle putts if my regular ones don't feel confident), etc.

In-Flight was the first store of that kind I ever set foot in, a "hippie" store with all the incense and tie-dyed clothing and whatnot. I originated from rural Indiana where you set your clocks back 40 years as you enter. There was no such thing in my life until we moved to MSU.

 

[ru4por]

I still use my Cube bag with the In-Flight sun logo for special missions, such as taking various putters to putting league (gotta be ready to "go to the bullpen" and switch to straddle putts if my regular ones don't feel confident), etc.

In-Flight was the first store of that kind I ever set foot in, a "hippie" store with all the incense and tie-dyed clothing and whatnot. I originated from rural Indiana where you set your clocks back 40 years as you enter. There was no such thing in my life until we moved to MSU.

Lol....same bag, for sure. Great description of the experience.

 

[ThrowaEnvy]

You're correct. In Flight was the only disc golf store I knew of for many years. I just lost my Flying Eye Comet a couple years ago. I bought it with a cube bag back when I was a pup. That bag is still in use....my brother in law uses it. I bought a sweet 32 panel Hacky Sack there back in the day as well. It is also still in service. Kids today HATE it. It is stiff and reactive. Most of them today want to hackerbate with a soft, understuffed beanbag. (serve themselves and throw four fancy tricks without interest in passing the hack to anyone else, lol)

Geez your old enough you should consider giving up hacky sack before you blow out a knee I've seen it happen more than a few times..

 

[ru4por]

Geez your old enough you should consider giving up hacky sack before you blow out a knee I've seen it happen more than a few times..

Lol.....it looks considerably different, in my circle of hackers, than it did a decade or so ago. We would play and drink for hours, in the past. Now a couple handful of minutes and the first lunge is usually all it takes.

 

[glassila]

Following Bogey's story is like going on after the Beatles...:wall:
I was playing a course in the metro Detroit area a few years ago and threw an Innova, Archon off the tee which isn't a very common disc.
I ended up searching for the disc for a good 15-20 minutes ("no disc left behind!") and was just about to give up when I spot a different in a scrubby bush up ahead. I go over to get it and my Archon is about 6 inches away from it. The cool part of the story is that the other disc is also an Archon, brand new, no ink! :clap:

 

[BogeyNoMore]

I was playing a course in the metro Detroit area a few years ago and threw an Innova, Archon off the tee which isn't a very common disc.
I ended up searching for the disc for a good 15-20 minutes ("no disc left behind!") and was just about to give up when I spot a different in a scrubby bush up ahead. I go over to get it and my Archon is about 6 inches away from it. The cool part of the story is that the other disc is also an Archon, brand new, no ink! :clap:

Amazing how often one stumbles across other discs whilst searching for yours or card mate's.

Back in October, Central Scrutenizer brought his wife and son to meet me for around on Toboggan. We found about 5-6 discs that round (no joke). 3 of them in the rough on #13 alone.

Texted pix to the phone #'s inked on them, and told them they could pick them up from the booth at Black Locust.

 

[ray1970]

Shanked my favorite thumber disc into some deep vegetation near a creek about a month ago and couldn't find it.

A city worker who was cleaning up the creek found it today and called me. He could have easily just tossed it out with the trash and moved along but was considerate enough to return it to me.

Glad to have it back as its been difficult to replace.

Well, lost my favorite Firebird again.

Dumb decision on my part and it went into a scum filled creek. Made a few passes with my retriever but only came up with algae so I gave up.

I'd be amazed if anyone finds it where I lost it so I guess I'll be looking for something to replace it. I saw some Heimberg Dracos at a local shop that were really flat so maybe I'll try one of those or maybe one of the new Captains Raptors.

 

[Bald Eagle]

Lost my second Dynamic Enigma to water this last weekend. While I love this disc, it sure doesn't like me.

Playing T.C Jester in Houston, hole 7 flies along a massive bayou with a drainage flow at the bottom moving quite swiftly. High winds meant my shot drifted heavily and made contact with the concrete bayou. Disc easily rolled 2-300' down the bayou before almost coming to a stop and.... Just flopping into the water. Frustrating...

Same hole, second shot my D3 MAX did the same thing, but landed on the far side of the bayour meaning I had to go all the way around to get it. By the time I got there, someone had picked it up and disappeared. Name and number are on the back, but no joy.... Bad weekend for me.

 

[DeanMoriarty]

Ahem.

So I threw a PFN red Star Roadrunner RHFH on hole 13 at The Bear at Highbridge Hills a week and a half back during my mini discation and it turned to the left right around the first big bend on the left side and looked like it clearly went into the woods/rough.

I even checked the right side of the fairway/rough/woods just in case it somehow cut rolled or something but didn't check it that hard because I was so convinced it was 100% on the left side in the woods.

Spent almost 35 minutes looking at every nook and cranny on the left side and finally just gave up and told myself maybe I'll check next time I'm back up there which was gonna be either the next day or in a month on my next week off discation (ended up not coming back the next day due to how wet it was going to be).

I caught Tom on the way out and told him about my disc I couldn't find on 13 and he told me he'd look for it the next day as he had some maintenance work to do on The Bear. Sure enough a few days later Mountain Man sends me a text with a picture of my disc.. He said he found it on the right side so I guess I should've checked a little harder on that side which I still don't understand how it even made it to the other side of the fairway.

 

[jakebake91]

I had my first ever disc returned to me. Over a month ago, I cranked over my favorite plasma mayhem on what was supposed to be a simple, safe fh shot. Turned it way over into waist high swamp grass. I looked for over a half hour, found three other discs (no numbers, left on the basket),.and finally gave up. Got a.text on Sunday saying hey, found your disc. Had them stash it somewhere at the course for an easy transaction. Picked it up yesterday. So freaking happy!

 

[mcrow]

I have been playing 26 years and lost many discs but believe it or not never had a single one returned to me in spite of having my phone # and name on them.

 

[ray1970]

Picked up a new disc this past Sunday.

Played yesterday evening.

Made the inaugural throw with the new disc off the tee on hole three and shanked the shot over a tree line and into waist deep weeds. Gone forever.

Yay me.

 

[Curtis_Valk]

I have been playing 26 years and lost many discs but believe it or not never had a single one returned to me in spite of having my phone # and name on them.

I stopped even marking my discs for this reason. For some reason it makes me feel better about my fellow disc golfers to imagine their glee at finding an un-inked disc than to imagine them looking at my number, thinking "screw him" and then keeping it.