Helping return found AirPods/AirTags

I found a set of AirPod pro second generation and I don’t know how to return them to the original owner. I have contacted them to my phone like a week ago but no one has contacted me, what to do next?

I found so air pods outside my house what should I do

I connected to the air pods and changed the name of the airpod to my phone number or some sort of contact info so if they look on thier "find My" to track it they will see it and contact me.

Seems like the only option to communicate. They should have a notify owner button

Thanks. Yeah, I had given up until I found your comment. I was able to then find the owner of some lost AirPods. Once I followed your instructions, their phone number came up. However, it was not visible on the AirPod case (it looked like ***-***-1234). But I then tried the same steps and clicked on one of the AirPods (the left one). The full phone number was visible for that. So just to be clear, there were three lost items associated with one set of AirPods: (1) the case; (2) the left AirPod; (3) the right AirPod. So you may need to check all three to get the contact info.

@stangri- much appreciate the post. Latest version of iOS and "Find My" - running 17.3.1 had the "Identify Found Item" blue text under "Items" at bottom of app.

It found the Airpods I was hoping it would find, but when it directed me to the website, I got an error that the website is "Not Found"...

Posting this on 19Feb2024, has something changed?

Thank you for this post!

We found airpods in a gutter and out of battery. Now that they've been charged, Apple is telling me about my "unidentified item." I followed the directions in Find Me, and over the course of two days I keep getting this message. "Could Not Find Items"

Anyone run into this before? Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

So i found a set of airpods pro 2s on a plane and tried what was mentioned here however when i got to the website it just has in big writing 'The page you are lookin for cannot be found.' i don't know what else there is left to do if anyone can be any help it will be much appreciated.

I tried this but it only gives me the last four numbers of the owners phone number. There is no lost message I can find either. Any suggestions

Tried this out today, April 15, 2024 and the page said “not found”. I’ve had these almost a year and haven’t known what to do with them. Been wanting to give back to owner but this all seems difficult to connect with.

Hello~ Perhaps you could turn it in to the New Jersey transit lost and found or local law enforcement. We can’t leave personal contact information on this site and it’s very doubtful the person who lost it will see your post here. I am very glad however that you want to do the right thing and return it!!

~Katana-San~

Hello~ Click on below and review…

Find your lost AirPods with Find My - Apple Support*

*If your AirPods are "Offline" or show "No location found"

• If your AirPods are out of range or need to charge, you might see their last known location. You might also see "Offline" or "No location found."
• You might be able to get directions to their last known location — but you won't be able to play a sound or use Find Nearby.
• If they come back online, you get a notification on your iPhone (or other Apple device that you use them with).

~Katana-San~

I have found an air pods pro in the road near to my house location :- Perambur Barracks road ,Pattalam, Chennai-12

land mark opposit to Indian oil petrol bunk

Hello stangri,

Good to know. Thanks for the information.

Found Apple air pods pro on flight that landed in Colorado Springs from Denver. tried to find person with a child but lady in front of me had lots luggage and took forever to get off plane. person who forgot the pods was NOT at luggage pick up. Hope

you see this message.

Hello~ Turn them in to local law enforcement.

~Katana-San~