Message in bottle found at Jersey Shore could be oldest ever — and included ‘unbelievable’ extra discovery

A message in a bottle found in the sand at Ocean City, NJ, could be the oldest ever discovered. Amy Smyth Murphy, 49, was strolling through Corson’s Inlet State Park over the July Fourth weekend when she discovered an antiquated green corked bottle containing what appeared to be a business card from 1876 and a handwritten note, she told NJ.com. Smyth Murphy said she believes that the bottle, which bears the words “Barr & Brother Philadelphia,” a business from the mid-1800s, was tossed into the water about 146 years ago...