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You could run a magnet along the oil pan to see if you can attract the bolt. That way you would at least know it's in the pan. If it picks it up you should be able to hear it moving around. That's as long as the bolt is a ferrous metal
I could do that but the engine is so dirty and the pan leaks a little I might as well just pull it, fix the seal, get the bolt, and clean the engine.
Just for an FYI, if you get a rubber oil pan gasket make sure you get longer bolts. We did this on my buddies truck and we couldn't get longer bolts cause he needed it the next day so we had to put the floor jack under the pan to compress the gasket big PITA