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Just to clarify a few things, it was found in a corn field over 6 ft tall that is used for cattle feed. Very dense. It was about 3 feet off the ground hanging up the corn stocks. I was kneeling down right next to it looking at the dirt rows, had a thought that maybe it was hung up, turned to my left and there it was right next to me. Had walked by that area numerous times and never saw it.
As to how close was it to the shown last GPS coordinates, I used my iPad, turned on the"Find my drone" app and started walking. I lined up the red dot of its last position and the blue dot off my current position. It was really close well within the 5 meters. Never would have found it with out it. Should have done this and trusted the app the day it went down. Would have saved a lot of sleepless nights and it being gobbled up at harvest time.
I charged up the battery that was in the drone when it went down and flew the drone with several different batteries. The battery in the drone when it went down showed 17v, 27 temp, all cells 4.25v after it was recharged. Just as a precaution, I put a tether on it for few minutes of the first flight and stayed close to the ground. Satisfied that it was responding to my control input, flew it off the tether. Even with the winds today with gusts up to 17kts, it flew great. Downloaded the data from the flights and saw no issues. Only a couple warnings about the wind.
Lesson learned, where we live these is a lot of agriculture, desert and forest land, lakes and rivers. Talking with someone else on a chat group, they had a similar situation. Close to the same time of day with the sun setting. He did as I did and took his eyes off the drone and when he looked up again he thought his drone had also flown off. Difference was he looked back down at his iPad and saw where it really was and I did not. My mistake.
Again, thanks everyone for the input. My bosses are all smiling again. Have a great day.
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