15 Wednesday Jan 2014
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In 2009 my dad found a message in a bottle. Look at this thing! 
13 Monday Feb 2012
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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!
30 Saturday Jul 2011
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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.
28 Thursday Jul 2011
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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.
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.
But how would I find them? The message was older than I was! Continue reading
