DontDestroyOnLoad->Go back 2 scenes *crashing*

I instantiate a prefab, then exit the game. I am then presneted with the exitgame scene (which shows players stats), I pause, and see that my prefab are visable in the inspector, I click on them and the mesh isn't there (it is invisable) but the boxcollider (along with the rest of the components) are present. Then I press 'esc' to load another scene and it crashes.

Nothing unusual is attached to this prefab that I am instantiating. The Transform component comes for free, I have a rigidbody, AudioSource, and BoxCollider Components.

Should I be saving the position in PlayerPrefs instead?

public class Script : MonoBehaviour {

 private void Awake() {
     //DontDestroyOnLoad(this); //Crashes Unity
     DontDestroyOnLoad(transform.gameObject);//crashes Unity as well
  }