But what are the odds of that? Ax failing /resting in the water or coin resting stuck to the ax? Or where you searched it was once dry...
Yes I am going to leave it just as it is. It has been treated with a thick coat of conservaters wax so it should last for another 200 years.When a boat load of stuff goes into the water, lots of things sit next to each other.
It's a cool display piece, leave it as is!