Funny how exciting this is...
Woohoo!
This made my day.:twothumbs
I know exactly how exciting that could be!
One of my first quality lights was an Inova Radiant 2-AAA. Not a great thrower, but a great little pocket light, dependable, and good for up close inspection. It was also loved because it only cost me about $4 on clearance at Target.
Well the light just disappeared. I would occasionally search for it, rifling through various drawers and coat pockets, to no avail.
Since I had often used it as an "auto" light, I even formed a hypothesis that it was stolen by some kid who discovered it in the car when being shuttled around by one of my two teenage (driving age) kids.
A good year went by, and I was in a collision/body repair shop. I was discussing how to stop rust from spreading near the rear wheel panels with the owner, and I found it in the trunk as I was lifting that large panel covering the spare tire. There it was sitting on top of the spare tire.
My eyes bugged out. The shop owner probably thought I found a gold coin from my reaction. My long lost friend!
The only thing I regret is that I had actually convinced myself that one of my kid's friend's had stolen it.