[Secret Fire]

That is a possibility. However, Ulmo does state that the "seas" on the earth are but a splash compared to the vastness of his seas of vai, but they were the only ones thick enough for the inhabitants of Middle Earth to float in and that only he, the ainur and his creatures whom he had spoken the word given to him by Lluvatar before the making of the world could inhabit. Thed ring being found could be affected by many workings of Ulmo, he could have created the correct conditions for it to be found, moved it with his currents, or whatever else he deemed necessary to make sure it was kept out of the hands of evil. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]