PM me your thoughts if you want and I'll give my opinion. I have theories as well and I want to see if they are similar to yours but not really from the sounds of it. Not sure if you know who I am but I am a two time paddle finder and a good friend of mine is also a two time paddle finder. I found an AO paddle two years ago and the Nova Craft paddle last year, he found the Temagami paddle two in a row.