thanks to search for apps Many users of Apple products have had the opportunity to recover our lost devices, or at worst, give us an idea of ​​where they were last. After that Losing your AirPods, Iván Patxi Gómez Gallego used the same app as everyone else and managed to get the coordinates of his headset. They claimed that They were in the most unexpected and at the same time “safe” place he could imagine.

The app says AirPods it thinks lost at the gym They were in a barracks in BadajozUser gone twitter to share your find and ask for their feedback. Of course, it didn’t take long for his request to go viral.

An unexpected AirPods recovery

The Twitter thread, in which the user shared his status, started with the following statements: Posting an image from the search app. This marked the location of the AirPods.

Hello @EjercitoTierra Can you tell the soldier who has my AirPods if they can return them to me? He must have found and taken them at the O2 Plenilunio gym this morning. The Extramadura XI brigade is in the Badajoz barracks, by the way an excellent brigade… pic.twitter.com/rVoLoVqEiI

—Iván Patxi Gómez Gallego (@ivanpatxi) 20 March 2023

In his Twitter thread, he eagerly continued:

No need to open an inquiry @EjercitoTierra @defensagob You are listening to music in that building at the bottom right as you enter the barracks. Let’s see if the same thing was a mistake, if he gives it back to me… I’ll be there. pic.twitter.com/7XMJ97RgmL

—Iván Patxi Gómez Gallego (@ivanpatxi) 20 March 2023

Gómez Gallego’s will and perhaps 3,000 retweets and 1.6 million views earned by her posts on TwitterIt caught the attention of the Military Police. Authorities reached out to confirm that the headphones were returned. by someone who mistakenly took them, mistaking them for himself.

Finally, The owner of the AirPods reported that they will be sent to him in the next few days. by mail.

While locating Apple devices or other assets with company devices like AirTags isn’t new, the operation to “recover” these AirPods is undoubtedly one of the most incredible operations we’ve ever seen.