Neat beach find ...

[pahwa]

"1800's the wood would be a lot more deteriorated I would think"

Guess again....wood can last hundreds of years submerged underwater.

Millions of years if conditions are right. Well it becomes petrified anyway. But you are so correct, under water in good conditions wood can last many hundreds of years.

There is one things that is interesting with this find is the lack of bacterial growth on the metal unless it was cleaned off.

[Daniel]

"1800's the wood would be a lot more deteriorated I would think"

Guess again....wood can last hundreds of years submerged underwater.

Millions of years if conditions are right. Well it becomes petrified anyway. But you are so correct, under water in good conditions wood can last many hundreds of years.

There is one things that is interesting with this find is the lack of bacterial growth on the metal unless it was cleaned off.

A local gravel quarry brought up a 5,000 year old tree out of the pit. It was some task getting it out because of the weight and the sandy conditions.

[Maineman750]

"There is one things that is interesting with this find is the lack of bacterial growth on the metal unless it was cleaned off."

Sand can do amazing things when stuff washes up on the beach.