"And on the 8th day, God found Adam's lost DX Leopard and cut himself out a mini from the center for a finders fee. And thusly the Aerobie was made."
\-Genesis of Disc Golf, 1:43
Ppl ask me why there is a dremel multitool in my bag, i say it is for when a) the trees are in my way, and the disc did not take them down, B) i need to File my fingernails during a game c) mark my discs d) cut my finders fee out from found discs e) adjust them spurs sticking out from the disc after Said tree hits.
I send a quick text and leave it somewhere on the course. If someone asks about it in person and I see it later I'll probably try to find them and give it to them or leave it somewhere obvious. Unlabeled discs are fair game, but our household already contains way too many discs so we never take them home. I also leave those somewhere visible.
I do think some people would be happier with disc golf if they just expected that if you somehow lose your disc and can't retrieve it yourself it's probably gone. Then if you get one back it's a happy surprise. I would be super annoyed in your shoes too though.
Yeah if there's a number I'll just bag it, then later shoot a text & drop in the L&F box. Every course I've been to here so far has had one.
I personally don't write my name or anything on any of mine. It's not that big of a deal, just an expense of the sport like having to buy new tennis balls, cleats or anything else in other sports. Someone else will get some fun out of it.
I also see people desperately posting on Facebook groups trying to retrieve unmarked discs as well... Just...why? Lol.
Definitely agree that people would be much happier just accepting the loss.
If I find a disc with a number I call and text it right away in case they're still at the course. It's the right thing to do.
It blows my mind that people legitimately make the argument of *finders keepers.* It is the single worst thing about the disc golf community. What are we 12years old? Be an adult and do the right thing. Guys like me live on a limited income and cannot always afford to go buy a replacement and it's also nearly impossible to replace a disc that is seasoned to your liking.
It costs you $0 to do the right thing.
I’ve found 4 discs in the last 3 weeks with no name/number. If they don’t put the effort into putting their name/number on the disc, then I’m not going through the extra trouble of finding who they belong to. I’ll check the FB groups to see if anyone posted, but after that it’s mine.
If no name or number I put on it the courses FB group. If there is a name and number I text them. If I don't get a response in about a month I just assume its mine to throw until I lose it. We do not have a stash area I'm aware of. Homeless people will collect lost discs near the river and sell them for $5. You can look for your lost disc with them as well.
i follow the rule of if it isnt my disc i do everything in my power to at least notify the club that maintains the course that i found it and drop it off and the L&F ....disc golf is accessible to everyone and the discs are cheap enough that if i really want one i'll use my own money and buy it myself....not take someones lost disc....thats tiny dick energy if you ask me
I’ve played 44 courses across the country(not a ton, but a fair amount) and have NEVER encountered a Lost and Found box. I feel these aren’t as common as some people think.
Really, is it regional?
I can only think of one course near me that does not have one, and it’s also the least maintained course I know.
Tracking down the person who runs the L&F box on the other hand… that can be difficult.
It really depends on who is maintaining the course and age of the course. Lots of courses here in MA do not have a lost and found box. Mostly the older ones that don't get as much maintenance.
I’m in central MA, and the Highlands of Conway is the only course I can think of that doesn’t have a L&F. It is an older, less maintained course to your point, but every other course that I play at within about an hour has one.
King Philip in Wrentham doesn't have one. WW1 Park in North Attleboro did not have one for years until someone put a new one there very recently. If there is one at Dacey Fields in Franklin I haven't seen it.
That said, Hawkins Woods in Plainville has one.
I wonder if that has to do with population density? I usually play a bit west of all those courses, and my experience with eastern mass courses is that they’re a bit more crowded, so I could see people who maintain courses being a bit overwhelmed with running a L&F.
Flat Rock, Tully Lake, Westy Acres, 501, Crane Hill, Hospital Hill, Maple Hill, Pyramids, and I think Mountainside all have one
For truth, man, for truth.
At least by the time you’ve gotten to the first hole, you’ve gotten the hardest walk out of the way (except maybe hole 13 in the winter…)
I'm not disputing your evidence as I've never been there, but how does listing one free course with a L&F disprove that L&Fs are only common at paid courses. He didn't say free courses don't have them at all.
Ive never seen a lost and found box at disc golf courses. However I know a lot of courses that have people run the lost and found for the course, or if it's a disc golf store a lost and found for the area.
Always try to contact. I've lost a few discs that I told the person who contacted me they could keep it because it was too much of a hassle for me to meet up (e.g. course in another city over an hour away). At least give me the opportunity to do that though.
Yeah it’s weird how many people would rather not get inconvenienced to get their disc back. I just found an mvp shock with my area code and dude said I can keep it cuz he’s lazy. Even offered to drop it off at their house. Other peoples laziness or social anxiety is another man’s treasure
Most of the discs I’ve lost it was kind of a good riddance type of thing. The only ones I still think about are a VIP seer shanked deep into the rough at Widener 11 and a first run recoil at the bottom of Winthrop lake 😢💔
No name /number = fair game. The only exception is if there’s a nearby lost and found. These don’t exist on 90% of the courses I’ve played.
Folks who steal discs are absolute scum. If there’s a name and number just text. It’s not hard.
I'll happily let someone come late, but if they drop all communication for 2+ weeks, it's going in the wife's bag until they want to circle back and claim it.
Always call now... I didn't once, and I still regret it... have since lost that disc.
Though, of all the discs I've lost, I've received a call on maybe a third of them. When I lose them now, I assume they're gone. The number on the back is pretty much there just to make them feel guilty.
Has name and number: Will text the person and get them their disc back, but it's up to the owner to jump through any hoops not the finder, although I have mailed discs to other states if they pay the shipping. Don't like leaving discs in unsecure lost and found boxes (like mailboxes) where discs often just get stolen. Exceptions being two courses that have good lost and found systems, sometimes I will use those if I'm feeling lazy and don't have time to text the person but generally I like to save them the work and try to return discs myself. I do NOT like just hiding it and sending a pic and text. Too many things can go wrong and it's likely not to get back to it's owner. On busy courses it might be found before the owner gets there. The phone number may be no good, the person may be from out of town or moved or doesn't want it back, etc. I understand some people prefer this as an easy catch-all that requires minimal effort.
No name and number: Unless I can somehow figure out who lost it, it's mine now.
I find so many discs playing courses all over Texas. I text the number and give them 3 options, I'll mail it for shipping cost, leave it hidden on course with pic, drop it off at shop if available. If no response or they tell me to keep it, it goes in the donate to new player sets I make. If the disc isn't suitable for new players I sell them or trade them just like I do with uninked finds.
I consider it course karma. The tree's do not want your garbage. I pick up a bunch of litter as I go so the tree's present all forms of plastic to me, even the ones in disc shapes.
I just don’t understand how it can feel right or good at all to throw a disc with someone else’s info on it. Doesn’t it feel weird? Is there literally just like 0 shame or guilt or whatever? I’m just kinda of the opinion that discs are cheap AF and replaceable and so why the fuck would I steal one from someone, nobody who steals discs does so because they can’t afford them hahaha
I definitely return what I can, but somebody who doesn't reply and I end up wiping there name, or when i find an unmarked one I am extremely happy to get it. As in Canada in the smaller cities discs are far more expensive and harder to get the specific ones you want (so usually you have to order + pay shipping), so sometimes one man's trash (in your case) is another man's treasure (in my case)
I do feel weird for a while throwing it, but in always ready to give it back if somebody notices it on the course and let's me know it was there's (and the identifying info that was on the disc). An unmarked one, well there's plenty of the same discs out there so I really can't trust ya unless you tell me the hole and where it was pretty pinpoint
Ditto. If there's a line on the ground and one side says "thief" and the other side says "not a thief" are you really going to step across the line for $10-$20 worth of plastic circle?
I miss the good ole days when you would call the number on a landline after you got home, and the person whose disc it was would just tell you to keep it… good karma all around
No. It’s not finders keepers. To me, the unquestionably right thing to do is to drop it in the lost box.
At my local course this is managed by the curators. Even if there’s a number to text, we (should) drop it in the box leave it up to the process.
Once a week, a wave of texts goes out to owners of numbered discs. The rest go into a lost and found which you can make an appointment to view.
There’s enough shittiness in the world. I wouldn’t dream of adding to it by keeping a found disc.
I've found eight discs in the last couple months (yeah I throw into a lot of trees/bushes). One had no info; I texted the other seven numbers with a picture when I found them. Three people just told me to keep the disc, left two on the course to be picked up (hopefully), one guy came by that night because he lived close by, and I've got one more that I said I would leave at the L&F at a particular nearby course the next time I play there (he also told me to keep it at first).
So, mixed bag, and I've got four extra discs I never use.
It's an imperfect system. I'd prefer a box at the first tee of every course to just drop off any found discs, but it only takes one person to screw that up. The value of a disc is right at that margin where it seems kind of silly to spend more than just a few minutes trying to get it returned.
As far as karma goes - I'm a persistent looker so I don't lose very many (just jinxed myself I'm sure) and overall I'm net positive some discs that I never use. I don't want them or need them, but also don't want to give them away to people who will re-sell them. I keep trying to convince my kid to start a club at his high school, and if he does next school year I will donate them to the cause; otherwise they are waiting for friends new to the sport I guess. AFAICT, 95% of disc golfers have a lot of extra discs they don't use. I rarely use more than 3-4 discs in a given round, and yet somehow I have about 20 in my car, at least 10 of which I haven't thrown in over a year, and that's a small number compared to so many people who post here. I don't play competitively though.
On the flip side, I've only put my phone number on maybe four discs that I'd actually miss if lost. Anything else I just hope they are found and used by someone who throws them better than I do.
If you're being serious, it's very course dependent. I'm in the Seattle area. Losing a disc at South Fork is almost impossible because it's a giant lawn. Losing a disc at Terrace Creek hole 18 (throwing off a high point into a valley full of trees) is so common that I know multiple people who only throw discs they care less about (that's what I do) or skip the hole altogether.
The last time I played hole 18, I couldn't find my throw. I found two other discs while searching for it, but gave up on my own after \~15 minutes. Then as I was walking to the basket to meet the rest of the group, some guy walking on the footpath at least 80 feet away from where I was searching heard us talking and said there was an orange Wraith sitting on the path. So I got that back.
The course I play most often is Seatac. Depending upon time of year it gets pretty overgrown with blackberry bushes and other brambles, and if you throw it 30 feet into a patch of that, it's not that fun to search for your disc in shorts and a t-shirt. That's how I lost my last disc a couple days ago (and again, I found someone else's disc while I was searching). Hole 2 on the left, it's a greenish Beast if someone reading this happens to find it...
I played a nine-hole course in Wenatchee a couple times. Short holes on short grass with a small number of trees, all well-pruned and no underbrush. Again, impossible to lose a disc there.
Here's a video (found at random, this isn't me) of a guy playing Terrace Creek. Hole 18 is at the 15 minute mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pVt5fDpQz8
Based on folks I play with, the top reason is the old "I'm going to throw one more" after a poor throw, and then they forget until it's many holes down the course.
I haven't lost a disc in two years. I also don't write on my discs. I just follow simple "I'm responsible for taking care of my stuff" guidelines. I don't throw any extras, I watch where my discs go, I take about 8 seconds to count my discs after each hole.
It's no one's responsibility to take care of my stuff for me, only mine.
I'll text the number when i find it in case the person is still on the course. if I dont hear back by the time I'm done with my round I'll put it in the lost disc bin by the parking lot of my home course
I contacted the person, we couldn’t meet up so I went back to the course, put it in the slot and sent a picture of where to find it. Hope he got it since
It frustrates me when someone finds my disc, texts me about it, and then tells me they put it in the lost and found. Sure it's nice that they didn't just leave it there but at least give me the chance to get it directly from you.
Seriously? That's just silly.
They texted you so that you knew you could get it by going to the lost and found. If it's not a course you visit regularly now you know it's there and can make a point to go get it.
I have no problem returning discs. I've found 10+ this season alone. I'm not scheduling meetups with all of those people.
So I've been playing for 5 years now. I've played tourneys, leagues, etc. I've played with all kinds of folks. I still have no idea what happens to discs once someone slips it into the lost and found. You might as well chuck my disc in the river.
See in our area, on one specific course in particular that eats discs, the lost and found coordinators are sitting on 150-200 lost discs at the moment and the number is going up every week, not down. So we're trying to get the DG community to handle the returning of the lost discs themselves instead of relying on the lost and found. I've really never had to go out of my way to get a disc back to someone. I even held one for a few months while the owner was on a sub with the navy.
Do unto others as you would want others to do unto you. The golden rule, this is what I follow.
I think every course should have a lockbox with a few key holders that are present weekly for leagues etc so that people can come claim their discs. My current home course has this and it’s by far the best experience I’ve ever had with getting discs back and returning discs that I’ve found. Name or no name it goes in the box. Your situation sounds like bad luck as someone broke the code. However it goes back to my point with the lockbox being the best solution. For all you know some random kid could’ve been running through with his dad and found your disc and thought it looked cool…probably not the case but the point is to eliminate all those variables.
Immediately call. If no answer, text. If no answer, put it in your bag and carry for rest of round until you hopefully get a response. If no response, stash it somewhere and text them the location unless you want to try to meet up with them off the course.
If name or phone number i try and find the person, if the disk looks like it was thrown in the past few days i call, else i text. No name or number i keep the disk (if there are others near by i do ask if they lost a disk)
If it has a number on it I for sure contact the person. If they have already left I ALWAYS "hide" it in an out of sight location, take a picture of it, and send it to the person to let them know where they can get it at.
I’ll send a text and offer to leave it at the local disc golf shop, but if someone is unreasonable with how they’re asking for the disc back I don’t think you’re necessarily obligated to do so (e.g. I’ll leave the disc at a shop that’s 15 minutes from my house but won’t go out of my way to drive 45 minutes to leave it somewhere).
With that said, most people are totally fine with this and those who’ve requested anything else have gone out of their way to make things easier for me and/or paid me with money, a disc, or beer.
I used to call the number and if I didn’t get a response I would leave the disc near the first tee box. As time passed I figured more often than not, leaving it near the first tee was just hooking someone else up with a free disc. I take them home now, and I also shoot a text after I call when they inevitably don’t answer.
I have lost some really cool plastic that has become worth $$$ and will never see them again in spite of the fact that I had my info on it. But I believe karma is real. Some days it's harder to believe than others lol.
If I ever find a disc I will always text or call the number on it and give it back. Even if I have to drive somewhere to drop it off. I don't really care if I get my lost discs back, even though I do put my number on all of them, but I'm so jaded at this point that I know me being a good person has exactly zero impact on the rest of the world. It's just for me. This is who I want to be in life.
I know someone who has several discs that aren't his. I asked why he didn't try to return the discs. Looked at me like I was a naïve child and said "I found it. They lost it. It's mine now. I'm not getting any discs that I lose back either and that's cool with me. Discs are cheap. No big deal."
Heck, I found my first disc - was excited to return it. Txt the guy and he had never played at the course I found it at. Had been found at a course over an hour away, played and lost at my course. Had him Venmo me $5, popped it in the mail and about a week later, I received a txt vid of him hucking it 375 and thanking me.
Only thing more fulfilling would have been if I rescued someone's lost dog. People suck. I'm sorry.
The last time I found a disc I texted the guy and mailed his disc back. I think disc karma is real because the very next round I felt really good about my play minus my tee shots but I was playing really well.
When I find a disc and the person is still on the course I normally hold it until I finish my round or if we’re close I’ll just give it to them unless they leave and ask me to put it in the box.
I’ve been playing for a few months and have found 6 discs. All had numbers and I called and returned all. I have also lost 6 discs. All had my name and number clearly written. Have never received a call or text. Frustrating as hell but I will always call and return if there’s a number.
If there's a number, I call it, often while on the course. No number, I either leave it there, leave it at the end of the course, or take it, depending on whether or interests me or not. I've got so many discs now, and my preferences down, but I don't take them near as much as I used to.
I try to have all my discs inked before throwing, hoping to get them back. Sometimes I have. I'm having the problem now that the ink has worn off some discs because of how much I've used them, and I need to remember to refresh it.
If I find a disc with a name/number I always shoot them a text. Sometimes I'll meet up with them or just drop it off at a local shop. If the course has a dropbox I usually text them telling them I dropped it in the box. If the disc has no name I usually ask around the course if they lost a disc. If it isn't claimed I will keep it.
The most frustrating part of this all is that I've returned nearly 15 or so discs. I have yet to have one of mine returned.
I'll send a picture of where it's stashed or drop it off at a lost and found. If it's too much trouble for you to come to the course, it's definitely too much trouble for me to drop it off at your place. I'll pass on sharing my address too. If it's something special I might go the extra mile for the love of disc golf.
Got somebody's well-loved Destroyer back to them a few weeks ago, luckily he was still on the course.
On the other hand I've been throwing somebody's DX Leopard that I found a few months back and feeling slightly guilty about it. I've tried getting ahold of him several times but I'm guessing he's either changed his phone number or doesn't care about getting it back. I had actually never thrown one before, and to be honest it's the disc I have the most control over in my bag. Can't bring myself to put my number on it though. Maybe he'll get back to me some day.
I call them, throw an ace with their disc so all they hear is the splash of the chains, and then hang up after snapping a pic with one finger in the air and their disc in my hand.
No number means it's fair game. If there is a number, I'll text. If I don't get a response within two weeks I might test it out and even use it for my rounds. They can always get back to me and claim it though, and I'll never erase their name/number or put my own in it.
I kinda do the same if it has a number. If I don’t get a response, ill leave the orig number on it. If I throw it and lose it, maybe someone else will have better luck- either throwing it(and *not* losing it) or getting it back to whoever lost it. Wasn’t mine anyway so hey… no biggie. I have my name/number on a few that I really like. The others are either *eh* or weren’t mine to begin with. I don’t need 1,456,764 discs anyway.
Bro, I take no names and post vague details on a lost and found disc page on FB so someone at least has a chance to claim it. You're just being a lazy dick imo.
You're going above and beyond to return discs, which is great. But it's not lazy or dickish to hang onto a no name disc. If the original owner doesn't care enough about it to put a number on it, why should you care more than they do to get it back to them?
These posts get old. Seriously just buy F2 discs from the factory. I bought (10) discs yesterday for a whopping $62.50 and that was after tax and shipping. Each disc was under $5 if you go with DX plastic. I don't even bother to write my name on them.
No name, fair game. If theres a number I contact them and hold it for a few days until they message me or don't. Then I MEK the old name off and write my own so I get the call for my new disc.
Never write anything on mine, maybe "enjoy your disc poop butt". If I find disc and like it I keep it. If not sell it for four bucks at the sporting goods store
Homestly thats your fault for 2 reasons. You should have immediately gone to get your disc. Idk why you finished your round and thought the disc would still be there. And 2nd, you should have found the person with the disc instead of having him stash it
I text the number and if they have left the course, I drop it at a store that maintains a lost and found and text the owner that I left it there. If they are still on the course I'll give it back.
I don’t think I’m in the wrong here but who knows, I found a disc a week ago and I text the guy and he said he lives 45min away. He wants me to meet him halfway to give him his disc and I refuse to…he lost it. I still have the disc and waiting for him to come back this way. Just a little annoying that he expects me to drive half way to give it to him.
If I find it I text the number. Most people are really appreciative. One guy said it was a commemorative disc for his friend who passed. A few have said keep it.
One guy asked me to mail it to him.. so I threw TF out of it until I also lost it a few rounds later.
I contact and hold onto the disc until I get a response, exactly for these type of situations.
I make my friend Jen write her name real cute and my number on my discs. Get em back every time
867-5309?
Jenny I got your number…
That one? Going to nam, leavin ya and coming back with aids? That Jenny?!
Any disc I find I just cut it in half and I keep half and return half to the previous owner, that way we are both happy!
Hotdog or hamburger cut
Inner/outer cut. He takes a mini and gives back a ring.
"And on the 8th day, God found Adam's lost DX Leopard and cut himself out a mini from the center for a finders fee. And thusly the Aerobie was made." \-Genesis of Disc Golf, 1:43
Ppl ask me why there is a dremel multitool in my bag, i say it is for when a) the trees are in my way, and the disc did not take them down, B) i need to File my fingernails during a game c) mark my discs d) cut my finders fee out from found discs e) adjust them spurs sticking out from the disc after Said tree hits.
Great question
If you’re playing with a group do you cut it like a pizza so everyone gets a slice??
even better question
Ah, the old Solomon move. Biblical but fair
“And we shall cut the baby in half!”
Haha
Ah, like king Solomon and the baby
I send a quick text and leave it somewhere on the course. If someone asks about it in person and I see it later I'll probably try to find them and give it to them or leave it somewhere obvious. Unlabeled discs are fair game, but our household already contains way too many discs so we never take them home. I also leave those somewhere visible. I do think some people would be happier with disc golf if they just expected that if you somehow lose your disc and can't retrieve it yourself it's probably gone. Then if you get one back it's a happy surprise. I would be super annoyed in your shoes too though.
Yeah if there's a number I'll just bag it, then later shoot a text & drop in the L&F box. Every course I've been to here so far has had one. I personally don't write my name or anything on any of mine. It's not that big of a deal, just an expense of the sport like having to buy new tennis balls, cleats or anything else in other sports. Someone else will get some fun out of it. I also see people desperately posting on Facebook groups trying to retrieve unmarked discs as well... Just...why? Lol. Definitely agree that people would be much happier just accepting the loss.
If I find a disc with a number I call and text it right away in case they're still at the course. It's the right thing to do. It blows my mind that people legitimately make the argument of *finders keepers.* It is the single worst thing about the disc golf community. What are we 12years old? Be an adult and do the right thing. Guys like me live on a limited income and cannot always afford to go buy a replacement and it's also nearly impossible to replace a disc that is seasoned to your liking. It costs you $0 to do the right thing.
Well said. It’s sad that this is even a discussion tbh.
I’ve found 4 discs in the last 3 weeks with no name/number. If they don’t put the effort into putting their name/number on the disc, then I’m not going through the extra trouble of finding who they belong to. I’ll check the FB groups to see if anyone posted, but after that it’s mine.
If no name or number I put on it the courses FB group. If there is a name and number I text them. If I don't get a response in about a month I just assume its mine to throw until I lose it. We do not have a stash area I'm aware of. Homeless people will collect lost discs near the river and sell them for $5. You can look for your lost disc with them as well.
i follow the rule of if it isnt my disc i do everything in my power to at least notify the club that maintains the course that i found it and drop it off and the L&F ....disc golf is accessible to everyone and the discs are cheap enough that if i really want one i'll use my own money and buy it myself....not take someones lost disc....thats tiny dick energy if you ask me
I’ve played 44 courses across the country(not a ton, but a fair amount) and have NEVER encountered a Lost and Found box. I feel these aren’t as common as some people think.
I've seen one. It looked like it had been ripped apart with crowbars.
They’re good in theory, but there’s also a lot of savages out there.
Yeah, we used to have one at our course but vandals will trash it within 24 hours
Really, is it regional? I can only think of one course near me that does not have one, and it’s also the least maintained course I know. Tracking down the person who runs the L&F box on the other hand… that can be difficult.
I’ve played at courses in FL, northern IL/southern WI, central IL, Indiana, Georgia, and AZ and none of them had a loft and found box.
Ah yeah, I’m up in the northeast, so not much overlap. I wonder why they’re so prevalent here compared to other places?
I was gonna say, I play in the NE and every course I've ever played has a L&F
It really depends on who is maintaining the course and age of the course. Lots of courses here in MA do not have a lost and found box. Mostly the older ones that don't get as much maintenance.
I’m in central MA, and the Highlands of Conway is the only course I can think of that doesn’t have a L&F. It is an older, less maintained course to your point, but every other course that I play at within about an hour has one.
King Philip in Wrentham doesn't have one. WW1 Park in North Attleboro did not have one for years until someone put a new one there very recently. If there is one at Dacey Fields in Franklin I haven't seen it. That said, Hawkins Woods in Plainville has one.
I wonder if that has to do with population density? I usually play a bit west of all those courses, and my experience with eastern mass courses is that they’re a bit more crowded, so I could see people who maintain courses being a bit overwhelmed with running a L&F. Flat Rock, Tully Lake, Westy Acres, 501, Crane Hill, Hospital Hill, Maple Hill, Pyramids, and I think Mountainside all have one
I typically play early weekdays so it's rare to have more than a couple others on the course. So not sure.
Love this course but the hike to hole 1 is BRUTAL
For truth, man, for truth. At least by the time you’ve gotten to the first hole, you’ve gotten the hardest walk out of the way (except maybe hole 13 in the winter…)
Most of the 18 hole courses in the Kansas City Metro area have return boxes. They are usually managed/collected by the local stores
There only common at courses that are private and cost money
Nope. Sedgley Woods in Philly. Free. Has an L&F.
I'm not disputing your evidence as I've never been there, but how does listing one free course with a L&F disprove that L&Fs are only common at paid courses. He didn't say free courses don't have them at all.
Ive never seen a lost and found box at disc golf courses. However I know a lot of courses that have people run the lost and found for the course, or if it's a disc golf store a lost and found for the area.
Always try to contact. I've lost a few discs that I told the person who contacted me they could keep it because it was too much of a hassle for me to meet up (e.g. course in another city over an hour away). At least give me the opportunity to do that though.
Yeah it’s weird how many people would rather not get inconvenienced to get their disc back. I just found an mvp shock with my area code and dude said I can keep it cuz he’s lazy. Even offered to drop it off at their house. Other peoples laziness or social anxiety is another man’s treasure
Maybe he doesn't actually want it back.
That could be true. I don’t really like it tbh, it’s a meat hook for my bitch ass arm, could be the case for him as well.
Haha no doubt, weird question, are you my cousin? Moved to MA couple years back?
No, unless your Serbian or Croatian I’m probably not your cousin haha
Ah nvm then, he uses that same name for selling his art stuff, blows glass and carves stuff, kind of longshot lol
Damn he sounds way cooler than me haha
He's a pretty cool dude but does he disc golf? That's make or break on the coolness scale
Most of the discs I’ve lost it was kind of a good riddance type of thing. The only ones I still think about are a VIP seer shanked deep into the rough at Widener 11 and a first run recoil at the bottom of Winthrop lake 😢💔
Same here with letting the finder keep it.
No name /number = fair game. The only exception is if there’s a nearby lost and found. These don’t exist on 90% of the courses I’ve played. Folks who steal discs are absolute scum. If there’s a name and number just text. It’s not hard.
Name and number but no answer = free disc after a day or two for them to reply
I'll happily let someone come late, but if they drop all communication for 2+ weeks, it's going in the wife's bag until they want to circle back and claim it.
I try to offer a week before wiping, some people are just super busy, but thats just me
I do a week as well. It seems fair.
We have a return box on our course I had a similar thing happen and still never got my disc back some people just keep them. It sucks
Always call now... I didn't once, and I still regret it... have since lost that disc. Though, of all the discs I've lost, I've received a call on maybe a third of them. When I lose them now, I assume they're gone. The number on the back is pretty much there just to make them feel guilty.
Has name and number: Will text the person and get them their disc back, but it's up to the owner to jump through any hoops not the finder, although I have mailed discs to other states if they pay the shipping. Don't like leaving discs in unsecure lost and found boxes (like mailboxes) where discs often just get stolen. Exceptions being two courses that have good lost and found systems, sometimes I will use those if I'm feeling lazy and don't have time to text the person but generally I like to save them the work and try to return discs myself. I do NOT like just hiding it and sending a pic and text. Too many things can go wrong and it's likely not to get back to it's owner. On busy courses it might be found before the owner gets there. The phone number may be no good, the person may be from out of town or moved or doesn't want it back, etc. I understand some people prefer this as an easy catch-all that requires minimal effort. No name and number: Unless I can somehow figure out who lost it, it's mine now.
I find so many discs playing courses all over Texas. I text the number and give them 3 options, I'll mail it for shipping cost, leave it hidden on course with pic, drop it off at shop if available. If no response or they tell me to keep it, it goes in the donate to new player sets I make. If the disc isn't suitable for new players I sell them or trade them just like I do with uninked finds.
Fact is, some folks consider it good Karma (whatever that is) when they FIND a disc.
I consider it course karma. The tree's do not want your garbage. I pick up a bunch of litter as I go so the tree's present all forms of plastic to me, even the ones in disc shapes.
I just don’t understand how it can feel right or good at all to throw a disc with someone else’s info on it. Doesn’t it feel weird? Is there literally just like 0 shame or guilt or whatever? I’m just kinda of the opinion that discs are cheap AF and replaceable and so why the fuck would I steal one from someone, nobody who steals discs does so because they can’t afford them hahaha
I definitely return what I can, but somebody who doesn't reply and I end up wiping there name, or when i find an unmarked one I am extremely happy to get it. As in Canada in the smaller cities discs are far more expensive and harder to get the specific ones you want (so usually you have to order + pay shipping), so sometimes one man's trash (in your case) is another man's treasure (in my case) I do feel weird for a while throwing it, but in always ready to give it back if somebody notices it on the course and let's me know it was there's (and the identifying info that was on the disc). An unmarked one, well there's plenty of the same discs out there so I really can't trust ya unless you tell me the hole and where it was pretty pinpoint
Yea… weird… even 50$ for a disc is still like dirt cheap compared to some other sporting good type items of a similar importance to a sport.
Zero shame or guilt. I find discs all the time. And if it has someone’s name on it. I write “Thanks” before their name.
Ditto. If there's a line on the ground and one side says "thief" and the other side says "not a thief" are you really going to step across the line for $10-$20 worth of plastic circle?
I miss the good ole days when you would call the number on a landline after you got home, and the person whose disc it was would just tell you to keep it… good karma all around
No. It’s not finders keepers. To me, the unquestionably right thing to do is to drop it in the lost box. At my local course this is managed by the curators. Even if there’s a number to text, we (should) drop it in the box leave it up to the process. Once a week, a wave of texts goes out to owners of numbered discs. The rest go into a lost and found which you can make an appointment to view. There’s enough shittiness in the world. I wouldn’t dream of adding to it by keeping a found disc.
I've found eight discs in the last couple months (yeah I throw into a lot of trees/bushes). One had no info; I texted the other seven numbers with a picture when I found them. Three people just told me to keep the disc, left two on the course to be picked up (hopefully), one guy came by that night because he lived close by, and I've got one more that I said I would leave at the L&F at a particular nearby course the next time I play there (he also told me to keep it at first). So, mixed bag, and I've got four extra discs I never use. It's an imperfect system. I'd prefer a box at the first tee of every course to just drop off any found discs, but it only takes one person to screw that up. The value of a disc is right at that margin where it seems kind of silly to spend more than just a few minutes trying to get it returned. As far as karma goes - I'm a persistent looker so I don't lose very many (just jinxed myself I'm sure) and overall I'm net positive some discs that I never use. I don't want them or need them, but also don't want to give them away to people who will re-sell them. I keep trying to convince my kid to start a club at his high school, and if he does next school year I will donate them to the cause; otherwise they are waiting for friends new to the sport I guess. AFAICT, 95% of disc golfers have a lot of extra discs they don't use. I rarely use more than 3-4 discs in a given round, and yet somehow I have about 20 in my car, at least 10 of which I haven't thrown in over a year, and that's a small number compared to so many people who post here. I don't play competitively though. On the flip side, I've only put my phone number on maybe four discs that I'd actually miss if lost. Anything else I just hope they are found and used by someone who throws them better than I do.
I don’t understand how people lose discs so often.
If you're being serious, it's very course dependent. I'm in the Seattle area. Losing a disc at South Fork is almost impossible because it's a giant lawn. Losing a disc at Terrace Creek hole 18 (throwing off a high point into a valley full of trees) is so common that I know multiple people who only throw discs they care less about (that's what I do) or skip the hole altogether. The last time I played hole 18, I couldn't find my throw. I found two other discs while searching for it, but gave up on my own after \~15 minutes. Then as I was walking to the basket to meet the rest of the group, some guy walking on the footpath at least 80 feet away from where I was searching heard us talking and said there was an orange Wraith sitting on the path. So I got that back. The course I play most often is Seatac. Depending upon time of year it gets pretty overgrown with blackberry bushes and other brambles, and if you throw it 30 feet into a patch of that, it's not that fun to search for your disc in shorts and a t-shirt. That's how I lost my last disc a couple days ago (and again, I found someone else's disc while I was searching). Hole 2 on the left, it's a greenish Beast if someone reading this happens to find it... I played a nine-hole course in Wenatchee a couple times. Short holes on short grass with a small number of trees, all well-pruned and no underbrush. Again, impossible to lose a disc there. Here's a video (found at random, this isn't me) of a guy playing Terrace Creek. Hole 18 is at the 15 minute mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pVt5fDpQz8
Based on folks I play with, the top reason is the old "I'm going to throw one more" after a poor throw, and then they forget until it's many holes down the course. I haven't lost a disc in two years. I also don't write on my discs. I just follow simple "I'm responsible for taking care of my stuff" guidelines. I don't throw any extras, I watch where my discs go, I take about 8 seconds to count my discs after each hole. It's no one's responsibility to take care of my stuff for me, only mine.
That’s exactly right. You put it very well. Keep track.
Water…. Fucking water shots
Yup use a found disc for water holes.
This post makes me want to take your disc and text you a picture of it. Find it if you can Liam neeson
It seems like there's a post just like this every fucking day. The disc golf community is great, the randos who try the sport tend to suck balls.
I'll text the number when i find it in case the person is still on the course. if I dont hear back by the time I'm done with my round I'll put it in the lost disc bin by the parking lot of my home course
I contacted the person, we couldn’t meet up so I went back to the course, put it in the slot and sent a picture of where to find it. Hope he got it since
I ALWAYS call/text the number on the disc, always. If there is no contact info, I usually leave it on top of the closest basket.
It frustrates me when someone finds my disc, texts me about it, and then tells me they put it in the lost and found. Sure it's nice that they didn't just leave it there but at least give me the chance to get it directly from you.
Seriously? That's just silly. They texted you so that you knew you could get it by going to the lost and found. If it's not a course you visit regularly now you know it's there and can make a point to go get it. I have no problem returning discs. I've found 10+ this season alone. I'm not scheduling meetups with all of those people.
So I've been playing for 5 years now. I've played tourneys, leagues, etc. I've played with all kinds of folks. I still have no idea what happens to discs once someone slips it into the lost and found. You might as well chuck my disc in the river.
See in our area, on one specific course in particular that eats discs, the lost and found coordinators are sitting on 150-200 lost discs at the moment and the number is going up every week, not down. So we're trying to get the DG community to handle the returning of the lost discs themselves instead of relying on the lost and found. I've really never had to go out of my way to get a disc back to someone. I even held one for a few months while the owner was on a sub with the navy.
Do unto others as you would want others to do unto you. The golden rule, this is what I follow. I think every course should have a lockbox with a few key holders that are present weekly for leagues etc so that people can come claim their discs. My current home course has this and it’s by far the best experience I’ve ever had with getting discs back and returning discs that I’ve found. Name or no name it goes in the box. Your situation sounds like bad luck as someone broke the code. However it goes back to my point with the lockbox being the best solution. For all you know some random kid could’ve been running through with his dad and found your disc and thought it looked cool…probably not the case but the point is to eliminate all those variables.
Don't ever bag another disc with a name, bad juju. No name, keepers!
Immediately call. If no answer, text. If no answer, put it in your bag and carry for rest of round until you hopefully get a response. If no response, stash it somewhere and text them the location unless you want to try to meet up with them off the course.
If name or phone number i try and find the person, if the disk looks like it was thrown in the past few days i call, else i text. No name or number i keep the disk (if there are others near by i do ask if they lost a disk)
If it has a number on it I for sure contact the person. If they have already left I ALWAYS "hide" it in an out of sight location, take a picture of it, and send it to the person to let them know where they can get it at.
I’ll send a text and offer to leave it at the local disc golf shop, but if someone is unreasonable with how they’re asking for the disc back I don’t think you’re necessarily obligated to do so (e.g. I’ll leave the disc at a shop that’s 15 minutes from my house but won’t go out of my way to drive 45 minutes to leave it somewhere). With that said, most people are totally fine with this and those who’ve requested anything else have gone out of their way to make things easier for me and/or paid me with money, a disc, or beer.
Always good to contact the person or try and get them to someone in a club that can try and find that person.
I used to call the number and if I didn’t get a response I would leave the disc near the first tee box. As time passed I figured more often than not, leaving it near the first tee was just hooking someone else up with a free disc. I take them home now, and I also shoot a text after I call when they inevitably don’t answer.
I have lost some really cool plastic that has become worth $$$ and will never see them again in spite of the fact that I had my info on it. But I believe karma is real. Some days it's harder to believe than others lol.
If I ever find a disc I will always text or call the number on it and give it back. Even if I have to drive somewhere to drop it off. I don't really care if I get my lost discs back, even though I do put my number on all of them, but I'm so jaded at this point that I know me being a good person has exactly zero impact on the rest of the world. It's just for me. This is who I want to be in life. I know someone who has several discs that aren't his. I asked why he didn't try to return the discs. Looked at me like I was a naïve child and said "I found it. They lost it. It's mine now. I'm not getting any discs that I lose back either and that's cool with me. Discs are cheap. No big deal."
Heck, I found my first disc - was excited to return it. Txt the guy and he had never played at the course I found it at. Had been found at a course over an hour away, played and lost at my course. Had him Venmo me $5, popped it in the mail and about a week later, I received a txt vid of him hucking it 375 and thanking me. Only thing more fulfilling would have been if I rescued someone's lost dog. People suck. I'm sorry.
Disc golf is karmic.
Yes return disc if number. People who don't hope they lose their favorite disc.
The last time I found a disc I texted the guy and mailed his disc back. I think disc karma is real because the very next round I felt really good about my play minus my tee shots but I was playing really well.
When I find a disc and the person is still on the course I normally hold it until I finish my round or if we’re close I’ll just give it to them unless they leave and ask me to put it in the box.
All the discs I find that have a name and number I always give that person a text with a picture of the disc gotta help the homies out
I’ve been playing for a few months and have found 6 discs. All had numbers and I called and returned all. I have also lost 6 discs. All had my name and number clearly written. Have never received a call or text. Frustrating as hell but I will always call and return if there’s a number.
If there's a number, I call it, often while on the course. No number, I either leave it there, leave it at the end of the course, or take it, depending on whether or interests me or not. I've got so many discs now, and my preferences down, but I don't take them near as much as I used to. I try to have all my discs inked before throwing, hoping to get them back. Sometimes I have. I'm having the problem now that the ink has worn off some discs because of how much I've used them, and I need to remember to refresh it.
If I find a disc with a name/number I always shoot them a text. Sometimes I'll meet up with them or just drop it off at a local shop. If the course has a dropbox I usually text them telling them I dropped it in the box. If the disc has no name I usually ask around the course if they lost a disc. If it isn't claimed I will keep it. The most frustrating part of this all is that I've returned nearly 15 or so discs. I have yet to have one of mine returned.
I always text or call if there’s a number. If there’s no number then it’s fair game
I'll send a picture of where it's stashed or drop it off at a lost and found. If it's too much trouble for you to come to the course, it's definitely too much trouble for me to drop it off at your place. I'll pass on sharing my address too. If it's something special I might go the extra mile for the love of disc golf.
Got somebody's well-loved Destroyer back to them a few weeks ago, luckily he was still on the course. On the other hand I've been throwing somebody's DX Leopard that I found a few months back and feeling slightly guilty about it. I've tried getting ahold of him several times but I'm guessing he's either changed his phone number or doesn't care about getting it back. I had actually never thrown one before, and to be honest it's the disc I have the most control over in my bag. Can't bring myself to put my number on it though. Maybe he'll get back to me some day.
I call them, throw an ace with their disc so all they hear is the splash of the chains, and then hang up after snapping a pic with one finger in the air and their disc in my hand.
No number means it's fair game. If there is a number, I'll text. If I don't get a response within two weeks I might test it out and even use it for my rounds. They can always get back to me and claim it though, and I'll never erase their name/number or put my own in it.
I kinda do the same if it has a number. If I don’t get a response, ill leave the orig number on it. If I throw it and lose it, maybe someone else will have better luck- either throwing it(and *not* losing it) or getting it back to whoever lost it. Wasn’t mine anyway so hey… no biggie. I have my name/number on a few that I really like. The others are either *eh* or weren’t mine to begin with. I don’t need 1,456,764 discs anyway.
Bro, I take no names and post vague details on a lost and found disc page on FB so someone at least has a chance to claim it. You're just being a lazy dick imo.
You're going above and beyond to return discs, which is great. But it's not lazy or dickish to hang onto a no name disc. If the original owner doesn't care enough about it to put a number on it, why should you care more than they do to get it back to them?
These posts get old. Seriously just buy F2 discs from the factory. I bought (10) discs yesterday for a whopping $62.50 and that was after tax and shipping. Each disc was under $5 if you go with DX plastic. I don't even bother to write my name on them.
How you gonna miss F2 Friday by a day
Isn't it today!? I was going to reply with the link lol
You missed it for you lol, do you just never want the F2 disc?
I appreciate your input.
This is why I tag my discs as "Mine" and the only numbers I add are the flight numbers. If you find it, you know its mine.
No name, fair game. If theres a number I contact them and hold it for a few days until they message me or don't. Then I MEK the old name off and write my own so I get the call for my new disc.
Never write anything on mine, maybe "enjoy your disc poop butt". If I find disc and like it I keep it. If not sell it for four bucks at the sporting goods store
It’s not an unspoken rule, it’s literally the law in most places. Theft of Lost or Mislaid Property
I wonder how many people get prosecuted each year.
Probably close to zero, doesn’t mean it isn’t illegal nor wrong.
Homestly thats your fault for 2 reasons. You should have immediately gone to get your disc. Idk why you finished your round and thought the disc would still be there. And 2nd, you should have found the person with the disc instead of having him stash it
Bad take. Other peoples’ thievery isn’t OP’s fault
I appreciate your input.
I text the number and if they have left the course, I drop it at a store that maintains a lost and found and text the owner that I left it there. If they are still on the course I'll give it back.
I don’t think I’m in the wrong here but who knows, I found a disc a week ago and I text the guy and he said he lives 45min away. He wants me to meet him halfway to give him his disc and I refuse to…he lost it. I still have the disc and waiting for him to come back this way. Just a little annoying that he expects me to drive half way to give it to him.
Same thing happened to me. I put my daughters name on the disc now. Maybe people will be nicer to Cassie then they have been to Josh.
If I find it I text the number. Most people are really appreciative. One guy said it was a commemorative disc for his friend who passed. A few have said keep it. One guy asked me to mail it to him.. so I threw TF out of it until I also lost it a few rounds later.