A system and method for finding an object at distance, the system having a parent device (1) and at least one child device (2, 3, 4) that is attachable to or integratable into the object, wherein the parent device (1) and the child device (2, 3, 4) are adapted to communicate over a distance. In order to provide a better adaptability, in particular with respect to a selection of objects that shall be kept track of and combined with an improved object detectability, the invention suggests that the child device (2, 3, 4) has an identity memory (11) storing at least one identity code and the parent device (1) has an identity reader (10) for reading the identity code from the child device (2, 3, 4), an object memory (9) for storing the identity code, an object learner (5) configured with logic (7) to store the identity code in the object memory (9), and an object finder (6) configured with logic (8) to send a search signal to the child device (2, 3, 4) based on the identity code.