What do you do with found discs?
The Disc Golf Finder's Dilemma
Have you ever stumbled upon a lost disc on the course? Our quiz dives into the tough choices that disc golfers face when finding a disc. From inked discs to uninked treasures, your responses will reflect your values in the disc golf community.
- Explore ethical considerations
- Share your thoughts on found discs
- Contribute to a growing discourse in the DG community
You found a 'beater' disc laying near a tee area. It's not inked, but all beat up and looks like it was in a pond for 10 years. What do you do?
Leave it
Make it your over water shot disc
Return it to lost & found/clubhouse
Attempt to find owner (ask other players / ask local disc golf group)
You found a 'beater' disc laying near a tee area. This time it's inked. What do you do?
Leave it
Make it your over water shot disc
Return it to lost & found/clubhouse
Contact the number/email on the disc
You find an uninked DX disc in the woods/bush/field. What do you do?
Leave it
Add it to your collection
Return it to lost & found/clubhouse
Attempt to find owner (ask other players / ask local disc golf group)
You find a DX disc in the woods/bush/field, but it's inked. What do you do?
Leave it
Add it to your collection
Return it to lost & found/clubhouse
Contact the number/email on the disc
You find a 'nice', better than DX disc in the woods/bush/field that fills a hole in your bag. It's not inked. What do you do?
Leave it
Add it to your collection
Return it to lost & found/clubhouse
Attempt to locate owner (ask other players / local DG group)
You find a 'nice', better than DX disc in the woods/bush/field that fills a hole in your bag, but it's inked. What do you do?
Leave it
Add it to your collection
Return it to lost & found/clubhouse
Contact the info on the disc
You find a disc floating in a pond. You'll get a little wet and nasty getting it. It's uninked. What do you do?
Fuck that, I'm not going in.
Get it and add it to your collection
Return it to lost & found/clubhouse
Attempt to locate owner (ask other players / local DG group)
You find a disc floating it a pond. You'll get a little wet and nasty getting it. It's inked. What do you do?
Fuck that, I'm not going in.
Get it and add it to your collection
Return it to lost & found/clubhouse
Contact the number/email on the disc
You scooped some discs from a pond. They've been there a long time and are very stained/skanky. Uninked. What do you do?
I don't go fishing for random discs
Add them to your collection / you have new over water discs
Return them to lost & found / clubhouse
Chuck them back in
You scooped some discs from a pond. They've been there a long time and are very stained/skanky. Some are inked. For the inked ones what do you do?
I don't go fishing for random discs
Add them to your collection / you have new over water discs
Return them to lost & found / clubhouse
Chuck them back in
Attempt to conect the number/email on the discs
You scooped some discs from a pond. They haven't been there long. They're nice discs. Some are inked. For the inked ones what do you do?
I don't go fishing for random discs
Add them to your collection
Return them to lost & found / clubhouse
Chuck them back in
Attempt to conect the number/email on the discs
You scooped some discs from a pond. They haven't been there long. They're nice discs and uninked. What do you do?
I don't go fishing for random discs
Add them to your collection
Return them to lost & found / clubhouse
Ask other players/local disc golf group if anyone's missing them
Do you expect to get uninked discs returned to you if they're found?
Yes
No
Yes in special circumstances, e.g. You post in local DG group that you lost your favorite disc in XXX location
Do you expect to get inked discs returned to you if they're found?
Yes
No
Yes in special circumstances, e.g. You post in local DG group that you lost your favorite disc in XXX location
Regardless of condition or where found, if inked, what percentage of discs do you attempt to get back to owner (e.g. lost & found, contact number)
I keep them, but don't try to get them back, EVER
I just leave them where they are
I reach out <25% of the time
I reach out ~50% of the time
I reach out most of the time
I always reach out to the contact info if it's inked
If you do attempt to return an inked disc, how do you go about it?
Text/email and say you're leaving it in XXX hidden spot
Text/email and say you're leaving it in XXX spot where someone else might take/move it
Call and say you're leaving it in XXX hidden spot
Call and say you're leaving it in XXX spot where someone else might take/move it
Text or call to attempt to set up some kind of meetup or dropoff
If someone finds your inked disc, what is your ideal way for them to handle it?
Return to lost & found/clubhouse and that's all
Return to lost & found/clubhouse and text number
Return to lost & found/clubhouse and call you
Stash the disc somewhere hidden and text/email you
Stash the disc somewhere hidden call you
Text you for some kind of meetup/drop off
Call you for some kind of meetup/drop off
IDGAF about it and it's a waste of my time
Contact the owner and go from there
What percentage of your inked lost discs have people contacted you about?
None - No one contacts me
None - I don't ink my discs
<25%
25% to 50%
51% to 75%
People just love returning most of my discs
N/A - I haven't lost discs
Does the quality or value of the found inked disc affect how you would handle if you contact the info or not?
No
Yes
Does the condition of the disc affect how you would handle if you contact the info or not?
No
Yes
If you found two inked discs from the same person near each other (not fallen out of their bag but thrown there), does that change your thoughts on contacting the person?
I would be less likely to contact them
An inked disc is and inked disc and I'll still reach out.
How much disc golf experiance do you have?
Newbie/beginner
Been playing a year or so
Been playing a few years
Been playing 5-10 years
I've been playing more than 10 years
When I started playing the game didn't even have a name and it was like the 70's
Thank you for taking this survey. Do you think the results are anyway helpful to you or the DG community? Or was this a waste of time?
Helpful
Interesting, but does nothing
Interesting, and I might handle found discs differently
Waste of time
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