Originally Posted by
SteveH
i have to say that what bothered me the most is the idea that in order for it to look like that it had to be in a fairly anaerobic state... either buried in REALLY dense silt, or in a river with a VERY low oxygen levels...
if the price was more like 50-75 I would take up the challenge of restoring that baby...
What if it had been brand new, and was being shipped somewhere and dropped off the boat? Depending on packaging, it may have had a better than average chance at preservation.... I guess the same would be true of someone packaging it to take it with them somewhere....