This undated photo made available Thursday Aug. 30, 2012, by the Scottish Government, shows a message in a bottle discovered by fisherman Andrew Leaper. (AP Photo/Scottish Government, HO)
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Updated: Friday, 31 Aug 2012, 7:16 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 31 Aug 2012, 7:16 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — It was scooped up from the sea after 98 years, and now officials say a message in a bottle discovered in Scotland has set a world record.
Fisherman Andrew Leaper found the bottle— released in 1914 — in his nets in April while sailing east of the Shetland Islands, which lie off Scotland's northern coast.
Guinness World Records confirmed Thursday the find is the oldest message in a bottle ever recovered, beating a previous record by five years.
It was released in a batch of 1,890 bottles in a government experiment to map the undercurrents of the seas around Scotland.
Inside each bottle, a postcard asks the finder to record details of the discovery and promises a reward of a sixpence. Unfortunately for Leaper, the coin no longer exists.
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