Good guys of LOTR clueless?

[Alchisiel]

This has been a very interesting thread. I've enjoyed it reading very much. I don't post very often but I feel compelled to.

It has been said that the Elves and the people of Gondor/Arnor didn't look hard enough to find Isildur's body. As far as I've seen no one here has taken into consideration the river's currents. Most large rivers do have an under current which could have made the finding of the body pretty difficult especially when you also take into consideration that the search parties probably would have been under fire. Another thing to consider is what was used to search the river. It's not like they had scuba gear back then. How many times have we heard of bodies washing ashore? I know in my area just last year we had two gentlemen fall overboard and there bodies were not found until at least six months later when their bodies washed ashore. The under currents would also have made the finding of the ring nearly impossible. I know I lost a locket in my teens and didn't find it until my mother was raking leaves the next year. A locket is a bit bigger than a ring and there wasn't any water washing it away.