Its true saftey is often overlooked , espially I think by new comers that want to learn to fly without the benift of a mentor . A instructor will usually teach a new student to respect the dangers that we might not pick up on our own . When we first start out we are excited and the most important thing on our mind is how long we can keep it up . Kind of like sex huh? If we learn saftey as we learn to fly it just becomes natural . Still I believe we still need to police each other and remind our buddies if they forget something and endanger themslves or others . The loss of equiptment is bad enough but to hurt somebody as bad we easily could is unthinkable . I was an industrial first aid attendant for fourty years and I believe attitude is a huge part of keeping things safe. If you can keep a positive attitude towards saftey there will be less chance if having an accident .I realize this has nothing to do with recovering the OP's drone but its an attempt to agree with Jesters Post