Fishermen find century-old postcard in a bottle in Baltic

upi ^ | March. 8, 2014

[JoeProBono]

BERLIN, A postcard dated May 17, 1913, and found in a bottle by German fishermen appears to be the oldest such message ever found.

Konrad Fischer, captain of a fishing boat from Schleswig-Holstein, told Kieler Nachrichten, a local newspaper, that he was about to throw the bottle back in the sea when someone told him it was not empty, the Local.de reported.

"When I saw the date I got really excited," he said.

The postcard, from Denmark, had German stamps on it. It was signed by Richard Platz and addressed to his own home in Berlin with a message asking the finder to put it in the mail.

The Guinness Book of World Records lists the oldest previous message in a bottle as 97 years, found in 2012.

Fischer said his previous finds during his 50 years as a fisherman have been more alarming, including mines, bombs, torpedoes and a body.

[Bigg Red]

I don’t know why, but I loved seeing the cigar parked in that fisherman’s mouth. (And I hate cigar smoke.)

[Bigg Red]

...that’s what working men look like, not George Clooney in that perfect storm flick.

(((
+1

[Bigg Red]

Gloucester is absolutely one of my favorite ports when we are enroute to Maine.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

And the finder would be taxed for the full value of such a rare object with all tax refunds confiscated until paid in full.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks a fool in paradise.

[Pontiac]

Just a minor typo

[OldNewYork]

Great picture.

[tubebender]

pffftttt… I find them on eBay everyday

[Cold Heart]

“PLEASE DON’T LITTER!”
I found a gallon wine jug with a note in it on the beach.
The jug had been tossed in a quarter mile away the weekend before.

[JoeProBono]

[Sawdring]

[JoeProBono]

[nascarnation]

Putin is like “tourist guy” back in the 9/11 days.
He shows up in every action picture imaginable.

[Yardstick]

Smoking a cigar? He should be shot for the collective good.

Also the message should be edited to say something about gay rights, for the collective good.

[JoeProBono]

[nascarnation]

Awesome pic.

A little searching led me to a pic of his "personal photographer" Yana Lapikova:.

[Joe 6-pack]

Wow...those guys are right out of central casting, lol..

[JoeProBono]

[Smokin' Joe]

Look at their hands. Actors are more manicured. Those hands have seen some hard work.

[Travis T. OJustice]

I also have no doubt that regardless of the fishermen being German, they have a New England accent and talk just like the charter boat guy in Jaws.

Nobody in New England talks like Quint from jaws.