Message in bottle tossed off NJ in '69 found in NC (AP via Yahoo! News) A message in a bottle tossed into the ocean off Barnegat Bay has turned up in North Carolina — 39 years later. The note was sealed in a Schaefer beer bottle. It was dated Aug. 17, 1969 and read: "If found notify the North Haledon Fire Co. 2."

Message In A Bottle From NJ Washes Up On NC Beach (WITN 7 North Carolina) A message in a bottle tossed into the ocean off Barnegat Bay, NJ has turned up in North Carolina -- 39 years later