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Extreme USB Memory Stick!

Summer 2010 I lost my faithful old Sandisk 4Gb USB stick - was a bit gutted but it didn't have too much personal stuff on it so no real problem.

Fast forward to August Bank Holiday 2011 and I am standing in my parents front driveway and something catches my eye in the gravel - couldn't believe it - my old USB stick!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...65/sandisk.jpg

It still had the rubberised cover on it and even the cap - but as you can see lots of rusty looking deposits inside. It also has a nice dent in it - presumably from a car driving over it and pressing it hard into the gravel (which is larger stones not the pea-shingle type)

It has been through a pretty harsh winter too - lots of snow and ice etc - rained on goodness knows how many times and probably driven over more than once. But the question is - does it still work? I decided to only try it in our old laptop at home rather than our nice new one - due to the amount of rust etc on the pins - but as soon as I plugged it in the familiar orange LED lit up and the laptop started loading the drivers - then the folder view appeared - all the data was still there too 8)

Anyone else have any stories like that? I have heard of them going through washing machines plenty of times - but nothing as "extreme" as what this has been through!