Lost when dying

lost some gear yesterday in a game where i died more than once and had 2 bodies with gear on them. normally the issue with lost gear only happens if you exit the game without being able to pick up your body’s. what i experienced yesterday was different, i was actually able to retrieve the second body that should have had the backup gear but when i pick up the body i didn’t get the gear. Then i left and loaded back in, the body that was on the ground when i loading into the game only had the gear from the first body, someone please explain this one. it doesn’t make any sense as i was able to get the one of the bodies back in game but not the gear that was on that body. playing on ps5