A stranger reclaimed my mini 3!
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I'm so excited right now! I never thought this would happen to me. I posted on a drone forum to share about my drone that crashed in Liugui. Yesterday, a stranger suddenly asked me to check Facebook messages. I opened it without thinking, and I couldn't believe my eyes! It was a picture of a bunch of trees, and... oh my god, it was my drone! I could see my battery marking and the ND filter I usually use! I was so shocked and surprised! I felt like I had won the lottery (even though I've never won a prize in my life). I kept thanking the stranger in the message, and I couldn't stop saying "OMG". I was also curious how they found it, because the path I took to find the drone was so rugged, so I had to give up. But there are such kind people in the world, who are willing to spend time looking for a stranger's drone, even though it was just because it happened to be behind their friend's orchard. Luckily, they didn't get hurt while helping me find the drone. The following photos are the photos of the kind stranger who helped me find the drone, and the photos of the drone when it was found. It's really amazing! Although it probably can't fly anymore because it was left outside for so long, I'm still very grateful!

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2-28 18:56
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Depp
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Wow. So they send it back to you? After those crashes it's good to hear that you finally got lucky.
2-28 22:49
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How lucky can you get!   Better rush out and buy a lottery ticket whilst the magic lasts
2-28 23:40
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DAFlys
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WOW,   and it's not in bad looking condition either.  
2-29 01:30
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wilalwaysup
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Damn, that's some good luck, buddy. As Bleriot said, go get some lotteries now.
2-29 02:25
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Cool story.  Glad you got it back.  
2-29 03:38
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You are much more lucky than me. I rent motorbike and enjoy music event, luckily when i come back motor was there but 2 helmet was gone away.
Foggy and raining can damage your drone ?
2-29 03:50
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Definitely lucky
2-29 07:55
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Happy end!!!
3-5 07:19
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Depp Posted at 2-28 22:49
Wow. So they send it back to you? After those crashes it's good to hear that you finally got lucky.

Yeap, he actually returned the drone to me.
Most importantly, the SD card was also reclaimed together with drone, I can re-edited my video with better resolution footages.


3-5 20:20
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Blériot53 Posted at 2-28 23:40
How lucky can you get!   Better rush out and buy a lottery ticket whilst the magic lasts

Haha, it could be a good idea. I never thought I had luck with that, though.
3-5 20:21
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DAFlys Posted at 2-29 01:30
WOW,   and it's not in bad looking condition either.

That's right, I thought it might be badly damaged, but only scratches and cuts on propellers.
3-5 20:22
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wilalwaysup Posted at 2-29 02:25
Damn, that's some good luck, buddy. As Bleriot said, go get some lotteries now.

Haha, okay, maybe I should buy one recently.
3-5 20:22
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DowntownRDB Posted at 2-29 03:38
Cool story.  Glad you got it back.

Haha, true. Nice people, even we never met before.
3-5 20:23
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HAYHOT Posted at 2-29 03:50
You are much more lucky than me. I rent motorbike and enjoy music event, luckily when i come back motor was there but 2 helmet was gone away.
Foggy and raining can damage your drone ?

I tested it after getting it back.
Seems the damages only on prepellers, the body only got dirty but no scratches, the battery even works nicely.
3-5 20:23
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Indeed! Thank you~~
3-5 20:24
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JAKU Posted at 3-5 20:20
Yeap, he actually returned the drone to me.
Most importantly, the SD card was also reclaimed together with drone, I can re-edited my video with better resolution footages.
https://youtu.be/UWADlW-snPs?si=f2WnQW0fEc0Z-QW1

Great to hear!!
3-5 22:37
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JAKU Posted at 3-5 20:20
Yeap, he actually returned the drone to me.
Most importantly, the SD card was also reclaimed together with drone, I can re-edited my video with better resolution footages.
https://youtu.be/UWADlW-snPs?si=f2WnQW0fEc0Z-QW1

Very nice - particularly as we now know it had a happy ending
3-5 22:51
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HAYHOT Posted at 2-29 03:50
You are much more lucky than me. I rent motorbike and enjoy music event, luckily when i come back motor was there but 2 helmet was gone away.
Foggy and raining can damage your drone ?

I have got my Shoes stolen twice.
3-6 02:15
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JAKU Posted at 3-5 20:23
Haha, true. Nice people, even we never met before.

Good to know that good people still exist and are willing to help.
3-6 03:36
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wilalwaysup Posted at 3-6 02:15
I have got my Shoes stolen twice.

you are much more lucky than me
and how they can stole your shoes ?
3-7 07:40
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This is great news!
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