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So...... I find a truly AMAZING auto salvage yard in Wymore Nebraska today. Watts Salvage. 40 acres of which 30 acres is pre-'75 cars all the way into the late '20's. Incredible place, with some rare cars. So many of them complete as the day they arrived. I found the rear window stainless trim and dipstick I needed for the '67 Olds and a tail gate and tail lights from an MJ. Paid a reasonable price for the parts and on the way back to the truck......

 

my cell phone is no longer in the holder on my belt! Sonova!!!

 

Walked the entire yard again. What isn't knee-high weeds is vehicles. No luck. Of course I had it on silent. Of course there's no service way out there so I can't use "Find My Phone". Get back to the room, I can't figure out how to use the app. Verizon customer service is useless to try to locate my phone ...... 42 min on hold because of issues with the new I-phone 7 tying up their lines, then "We're not allowed to find your phone for privacy and security reasons, you have to do it yourself".

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This morning we get the "find my phone" working...... accurate within 2,643 meters. The area on the map is bigger than the entire city of Wymore.....and the yard is 6 miles south of town, outside the area the app says my phone should be.

 

Remotely wiped and locked it. Submitted a claim with Asurian, $149 and I get a new phone to my home monday.

 

Those parts cost me $370.......lol

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LOL.......

 

So Thursday morning I get a call...... it's the guy from the salvage yard in Nebraska.  He found my phone. It was on the dirt driveway of the entrance to the yard, 20 feet inside the gate........ My cousin and I must have walked past it 4 times going to and from my truck while we were there.  Effing hell.

 

So, while I had the guy on the phone, I asked if by chance he'd seen that dipstick and tube I snatched from that Olds 330 block.  He chuckled....... "Yeah, as a matter of fact, I just saw it.... it's propped up against the frame of the office door".

 

He's gonna mail the damn things to me.  Dunno what I can do with the phone as we sent the command to wipe and lock.  

 

:doh:

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I've done the exact same thing, except it was in a small, pretty organized junkyard... and it was about a week after I got the phone. Got to the counter and realized my phone wasn't in my pocket. The junkyard was about to close so I left my home #. About 30 minutes after opening the next day, I get a call that someone found my phone on the yard. Wish I knew who found it. Bet I walked right past it 3 or 4 times at least.

 

I ended up giving the phone to my Dad and getting a cheaper phone that wouldn't hurt so much if it got lost. Now I do a complete pocket and tool check every time I move from one vehicle to another in the JY.

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Sounds like you guys are both technology buffs with newer-model phones. I don't know if you guys are using smart watches, but with my Gear S2 and my Note 7 I can set the watch to freak out if it loses connection with the phone. I would probably use it if I didn't occasionally leave my phone at my desk when I have to go out into the shop. It will still vibrate and let me know the phone disconnected when I get about 30 feet away, but it's just one little whirr.

 

Another option is to use Tiles. After losing my super sweet Keyport Slide keychain, I invested in some Tiles for all my keys. They are basically bluetooth trackers that the phone checks up on. They will remember the last place the keys were if out of range, or let you know if the tile is close by. If the keys are close enough for the bluetooth, you can ring the keys. Vice versa, if you can't find your phone, you can press a button on your Tile to ring your phone, even if it was set to vibrate.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXSsefBWKsw

 

Rob

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