I had died in one of the deathtraps in silent, then the mud crashed while I was a ghost, but before my corpse decayed. So when it rebooted and I connected again, I waited for my corpse to decay but I never got that echo "Your corpse has decayed" and my gear returned to my hometowns pit instead of me as it should. Guessing the crash somehow screwed up the corpse decay returning the gear to me, instead of the pit. Thanks in advance.

If you are not in the game when your corpse decays from an area explore, it will go to the pit.