Colorado Mavic FOUND in forest.

sdevincenzo · May 21, 2018

Indian Peaks Wilderness area near Peak to Peak Hwy. Found in forest. Looks like it auto landed..Perfect shape. Have some video on card but nothing that could help identify owner except a vehicle and a house So if you lost a Mavic in the forest in Colorado describe it and let's get you back your bird.....

RayOZ · May 22, 2018

Sounds like a drone in good condition. Kinda rare for lost drones. Hopefully the owner is here to see this post and claim it.

Cimriver · Jun 19, 2018

Did you find the owner?

sdevincenzo · Jun 20, 2018

Cimriver said:
Did you find the owner?

Not yet but still trying-

Canuk · Jun 21, 2018

Can you see a house number . Some places the drone must be registered and will have a number on it

WWMav · Jul 10, 2018

You should be able to get the location of the house from the photo's exif data which includes the longitude and latitude where the photo was taken --- good chance the house is the owner's home.

Air Or · Jul 10, 2018

What cheap insurance: a sharpie, some masking tape, and your phone number!

dvarapala · Jul 23, 2018

WWMav said:
You should be able to get the location of the house from the photo's exif data which includes the longitude and latitude where the photo was taken --- good chance the house is the owner's home.

The video files themselves also contain the GPS coordinates of the launch point.

sdevincenzo · Aug 8, 2018

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........

Mister Pink · Sep 23, 2018

sdevincenzo said:
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........

I would love to read that story. Maybe you have a blog? This is the type of thing that's not only interesting but shows a nice act of kindness. I'm glad you were so nice to keep it so long and return it to the owner.