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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 2706929, member: 5066&quot;]The problem I have with all this is, &quot; suggest he may have&quot;&nbsp; woulda coulda shoulda plus zero serious research, just &quot;stories&quot;. Why is that? is it because some scholars have made preliminary inquiries, found the whole thing fantasy and dropped the project, or, no one has made the attempt yet? I don&#039;t know.</p><p>It&#039;s the same with many naval/nautical objects, carved whales teeth (scrimshaw) come immediately to mind, unless one happens to be an expert it&#039;s best to steer clear as there are many more fakes floating around than genuine pieces.</p><p>When you go to sites like LiveAuctioneer and type in their search box &quot;sea chest&quot; it is not very encouraging. 742 sold listings here alone, hundreds upon hundreds of examples without so much as a raindrop of water damage. Uhhhhh, Nooooo.</p><p><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=sea%20chest&amp;sort=-relevance&amp;status=archive" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=sea%20chest&amp;sort=-relevance&amp;status=archive" rel="nofollow">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=sea chest&amp;sort=-relevance&amp;status=archive</a></p><p>Color me skeptical about this entire dealio, sea chest, treasure chest, pirate chest, etc, just seems to me more like romantic fantasy than the real deal.</p><p>Life at sea in the 18th-early 19th century was absolutely a brutal experience, that much I know, one was lucky to escape with your life and little else.</p><p>I could be WRONG! Absolutely NOT in my area of interest or knowledge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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