That's a rough one for sure. You dropping your phone reminds me of losing my tritronics remote 2 weeks ago. I went back the next day walking into a bay & followed my same exact route & 300 yards or so in, I found it. How lucky was that.
What is the story on the saddleback gyp. She have some running blood in her? Good looking dogs.
I believe she's a plott/cur cross from what Travis was told when he bought her.
I did the same thing several years back with my tritronics remote and garmin. Stuck them in my jacket pockets and they fell out when I threw it over a limb. Luckily I remembered where it was and found them both laying on the ground right there haha!