Your should leave a dummy one up, that way it gets stolen not your good one.

That right, it was not stolen, it was "abandoned"
It the law, after 24 hours it belongs to whoever "finds" it.
I just don't understand why people just don't leave things that do not belong to them alone.
Hope you find it, but considering the attitude of those out there, its either gone, or been broken and thrown in the bushes because it was in someone's way...