Found a Garmin Edge, how can I find the owner?

I found a Garmin when I was out riding yesterday, it was pretty well buried in some mud just off the trail. I plugged it in to my PC when I got home and the ride data suggests it had been there since October! Is anyone aware of anyway I can find the owner via Garmin Connect or such like?

Cheers

I’d call that trail treasure. You are fully entitled to finders keepers but good on you for making the effort.

This won’t help find that Garmin’s owner but it might help the next one that goes missing..

Personalize your Garmin

And don’t forget a bright silicone cover to stand out in the mud, if it’s dropped…

If it has lots of tracks on it and they start/end at the same location then there’s a chance that’ll be their home.

I’ve done the same in the past, and found the owner by getting the serial number of the device and asking Garmin to connect the registered user on my behalf

Is there a home location set into it?

You could also re sync the ride history to find a common start point, depends how much effort you want to put into it.

Out of interest, there is a way to show a personal message on start up

https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/08/display-number-garmin.html

Let Garmin know. If he or she use Garmin Connect the serial type number on the back of the unit will be registered with Garmin.

Could you see whether any of the older rides coincide with someone on Strava?

Upload the rides to your strava and see who you went for a ride with!

3 second rule , happy Christmas to yourself .

Upload the rides to your strava and see who you went for a ride with!

This.

If it is an Edge 1000 & you found it somewhere near Edinburgh it could well be mine 😥

Strava, great shout. Just put one of the files on Strava, looks it it could be one of 9 people. Sent a couple of them a message.

Trail treasure is all well and good, I’d feel a bit too guilty using some blokes lost Garmin though!

If it was a Garmin 800 found up above Jock’s Road up behind Loch Muick then it will likely be mine! Came off in driving rain and disappeared from sight. Thankfully the 820’s have lanyards!

It’s not an 810 found on the red trail at Haldon is it?

This thread makes me feel all reassured about the quality of the Garmin Edge mount (NOT!!).

Garmin 800 found in Les Arcs? It’s mine.

Looking at the last few threads, that adds up to a lot of lost quids….