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Message in a Bottle Science Project from Charleston Student(s) Found!

27 Saturday Apr 2019

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in message in a bottle, ocean currents, Science

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I Found a Charleston Student’s Message in a Bottle from a Science Project

Messages in bottles have been used by scientists since the mid 19th century to study ocean currents. Indeed, the oldest messages in bottles ever found have been from science experiments. It’s no wonder that they are still used to study ocean currents. I had never found a message in a bottle from a science project in a bottle until I stumbled upon this one. It appears to be a student’s message in a bottle from a larger project.

Message in a Bottle Science Project - on the beach

Message in a bottle #79 contained two halves of a scroll and a piece of string.

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Donald Trump / Adele Message in a Bottle Found: “These facts may surprise you…”

22 Saturday Jul 2017

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Friendship, message in a bottle, Pollution, Science

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2015, Adele, Cambridge New York, Climate Change, Don Lehman, Donald Trump, Friendship, Hoosic River, Inspiration, message in a bottle, News, Owl Kill, The Post Star

Message in a Bottle Found Mentioning Adele and Donald Trump

A lot of famous people’s names end up in messages in bottles, and to that list we can now add Adele and Donald Trump.

Don Lehman, crime and county government writer for The Post Star in New York state, was fishing in the Hoosic River last week when he found a message in a bottle!

The message, from Evan Hutchinson of Cambridge, New York, is dated 2015, and strikes me as a truly intriguing find.

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Message in a Bottle Archives of the Sea: 42 Days on Beer and Cake

18 Saturday Feb 2017

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, hoax, Mystery Message, News, ocean currents, Science, Uncategorized

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archives of the sea, castaway, hoax, Inspiration, Long Island Sound, message in a bottle, New York Times, News, North Atlantic Current, Norwegian Current, shipwreck, SS Crathie, SS Elbe, The North Sea

On January 30th, 1895, a German steamship called Elbe was in the North Sea, making her way from Bremerhaven to New York carrying 354 passengers.

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SS Elbe

In the predawn hours of January 31st, she was accidentally rammed by Continue reading →

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Bizarre Beach Finds of 2016

11 Sunday Dec 2016

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in list, plastic, Pollution, Science, weird news

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NASA estimates there are about 372,000 miles of coastline in the world. That provides a LOT of space for bizarre things to wash up. 2016 did not disappoint when it came to bizarre stuff washing ashore. Here’s a list of some of the strangest beach finds of 2016. Continue reading →

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Sleuthing a Message in a Bottle With the Salt Lake Tribune

07 Monday Jul 2014

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, Friendship, message in a bottle, News, Science, Travel

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algalita, algalita marine research foundation, beachcombers alert, captain charles moore, charles moore, Clint Buffington, curt ebbesmeyer, curtis ebbesmeyer, erin alberty, flotsametrics, Melissa Majchzak, message in a bottle, messages in bottles, plastic ocean, plastic pollution, salt lake tribune

The work I do with messages in bottles (MIBs) is often solitary work. Occasionally, the stars align and I have help with the work. This May, I had special visit from the Salt Lake Tribune who helped me track down the sender of a particularly elusive bottle. This one:

Andy Pelicano Bottle 2
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Help Me Find Keith McComas and Kristy Suttle!

15 Wednesday Jan 2014

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, News, Romance, Science, Travel, Uncategorized

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beachcomb, beachcomber, beachcombing, Bob Buffington, Buffington, Clint Buffington, Keith McComas, Kristy Suttle, Lebanon, Lebanon Democrat, Mariner of the Seas, message in a bottle, message in a bottle blog, message in a bottle hunter, mystery message, Robert Buffington, TN

In 2009 my dad found a message in a bottle. Look at this thing! For My Waiter Bottle

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