HAPPY ENDING So after more than 2 months the owner of the Mavic finally called me and is coming to pick up his bird. The steps I took leading him to finally respond is a long story but he said on the phone tonight that he has DJI refresh and so hopefully will get a repaired one from them. I resisted the temptation of pulling it apart and fixing it cause I had a feeling the guy would eventually see my FB message and get around to contacting me. I'll take a pic and post it tomorrow. The drone sat on the ground through a Colorado winter freezing and thawing. The damage seemed to be only a broken gimbal cable and a totally shot battery after it auto landed. I hovered it indoors after pairing it to my transmitter. Thanks for all the suggestions-all were good and I may sit down and write the entire story -it's quite funny how this drone was lost and then found........