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

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S.O.S.

13 Monday Feb 2012

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Coke Bottle Age

01 Monday Aug 2011

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Hi everyone!

Many people have been asking about the age of the Coke bottle sent from the Beachcomber motel in New Hampshire. The simple fact is–none of us know its exact age. We do know that it must be at least 30 years old, and cannot be more than 50 years old. I am researching the date code stamped on the bottom of the bottle, and trying to get a date for the bottle itself, at least. Sadly, even when we learn the age of the bottle, we will probably never be able to determine the exact date when the message was sent, since it was not written on the message itself. But…doesn’t that just make the mystery all the more intriguing? 😉

Thanks for your questions and thoughts!

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The Path of a Bottle in the Atlantic

30 Saturday Jul 2011

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

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I’ve made a video to clarify the likely route of messages in bottles in the Atlantic Ocean.  Check it out:

Sorry it’s so dark! But compare my map with the one depicted in this CBS Early Show segment.

I know it seems crazy to think that these messages in bottles travel in a big circle around the Atlantic, but it really is the most likely explanation. You can google around and find better maps of the currents–but they all say basically the same thing: stuff in the Atlantic circles clockwise.

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Welcome, CBS Viewers!

28 Thursday Jul 2011

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

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I hope you’ll take a minute to check out the additional message-in-a-bottle stories I have posted below.  Click here for the original post on the Beachcomber Coke bottle.

Come back soon.

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New Hope, Part Two: Finding and Meeting Janet

27 Wednesday Jul 2011

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Well, I found Janet and Bruce LaClair’s message in a bottle in February 2008. They had sent it from the bridge in New Hope, Pennsylvania, in 1981.

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"April 4, 1981. Launched from the Delaware River, New Hope, Pennsylvania. To Whomever is the finder and keeper of this bottle. This is the date of our wedding and the start of our life together. We are leaving Pennsylvania on April 6th, 1981 to go on our honeymoon at Key Largo, Florida until April 12 of the same year. We hope to find this bottle while there and figure out the traveling time of which the botle took (if it is a good time, the next time we come down there we will build a raft and just float down). If found, please respond with place found and date. Thank you. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce La Clair, P.O. Box 131, Pipersville, PA"
“April 4, 1981. Launched from the Delaware River, New Hope, Pennsylvania. To Whomever is the finder and keeper of this bottle. This is the date of our wedding and the start of our life together. We are leaving Pennsylvania on April 6th, 1981 to go on our honeymoon at Key Largo, Florida until April 12 of the same year. We hope to find this bottle while there and figure out the traveling time of which the botle took (if it is a good time, the next time we come down there we will build a raft and just float down). If found, please respond with place found and date. Thank you. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce La Clair, P.O. Box 131, Pipersville, PA”

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