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Summary Fisherman in Scotland found 98-year-old message in bottle while sailing east of Shetland Islands.
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 Scotlands 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.
