tedw123 said:The main purpose for retrieval for me would be my micro SD card anyway, would suck to have great photos lost! If the Phantom still works that's an added bonus!
yep this. I lost a Phantom into a river once and in the end I'd have traded the Phantom away if I could have just gotten the memory card back I had some cool stuff on there.
general consensus is that people have had a lot of luck recovering fully functional Phantoms from FRESH water, not so much from salt water.