Many Thanks !!! .
being circular in shape helps even if torn off the base. It is probable that a major impact was against the round secion and reacted by the base which was recovered. I would consider it likely that a major aircraft structure hit it when it entered the water and that the cylinder and major aircraft structure were in close proximity together on the bottom. Might even be embedded into each other.
More likely that its tangled in something than buried in mud
Did they bring up all the big pieces that could be wrapped around this cylinder? How about clothing and carpets as well?
grizz I spent sometime going through stuff like this looking for a missing scavenge pump about half its size