Quite a few years ago not long after we bought the property, I lost, somewhere along a track around our hill, a snigging chain about 4m long. Had clevis hooks on each end. About a year later, falling a tree in the same vicinity, I started limbing the dropped tree and found it had landed on a similar chain, about twice as long and with one hook and a ring on the other end. Still don't know where my shorter chain is, but the "new" one has done a lot of work since

I have also sometimes misplaced my wife in larger shopping centres, but usually persist in looking until I find her, as it would be even more trouble to find another one