How do you get a message out of a bottle?

An Old Message in an Old Coke Bottle

02 Saturday Jul 2011

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How do you get a message out of a bottle?

Ye Olde Timey Coke Bottle

Thanks again to Devon Patton from LEX18 News who interviewed me yesterday.  We spent 2 hours talking and deciphering messages, but of course air time is limited and this post provides a bit more detail about what we found.
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How does message in a bottle work?

A message in a bottle (abbrev. MIB) is a form of communication in which a message is sealed in a container (typically a bottle) and released into a conveyance medium (typically a body of water).

What are the odds of finding a message in a bottle?

By Buffington's estimate, just one in 300,000 washed-up bottles contains a message. But more than luck led to his findings. The Turks and Caicos islands are a "flotsam magnet," says Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer who studies the movement patterns of ocean debris. "Many different (current) pathways lead there."

How do you make a message in a bottle as a gift?

Open the bottle and put the message scroll inside it. Insert items like rose petals, dried flower, glitter, beads etc. inside the bottle. Once you are done inserting things inside the bottle, put the lid back on.

Has anyone ever found a message in a bottle?

NBC Universal, Inc. A couple in Ireland recently found a message in a bottle three years after a Maryland boy tossed it into the Atlantic Ocean. News4's Aimee Cho spoke to the boy and the couple. A couple in Ireland recently found a message in a bottle three years after a Maryland boy tossed it into the Atlantic Ocean.