FOUND! A beautiful, embossed case gin comes to light after 132 years!

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FOUND! A beautiful, embossed case gin comes to light after 132 years!

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Here is a link ( http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-43299283#_=_ ) to article with pictures and details of the find.

Found on a beach in Australia, the bottle with a note was tossed overboard from a German research ship in 1886. It's a new record for message in bottle longevity.

Not my find, but I had to share.
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Here's the coolest part (from the article) - "Incredibly, an archival search in Germany found Paula's [the ship from which the bottle was dropped] original Meteorological Journal and there was an entry for 12 June 1886 [the date of the note found in the bottle] made by the captain, recording a drift bottle having been thrown overboard. The date and the coordinates correspond exactly with those on the bottle message." How cool is that???!!!


 

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