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Eleven rare bottles of Prohibition-era whiskey found buried on a beach near Margate Pier
Austin Contegiacomo was playing catch with his Sheepadoodle on the cold beach near Margate last month when his dog abandoned the game and began sniffing around. There, lodged in the sand at the high tide line, were nearly a dozen sealed bottles of whiskey, embossed with “Lincoln Inn” and a detailed depiction of a man riding a horse.
Incredible Prohibition-era whiskey bottles emerge from sand at Jersey Shore beach
Lincoln Inn whiskey was distilled in Canada and may have been one of the companies that later became Seagrams, although it’s not entirely clear. But how the whisky bottles ended up in the sand is a mystery. Contegiacomo suggested they may have been sucked up by dredging machines off the coast and deposited on the beach.
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A New Jersey resident found nearly a dozen suspected Prohibition-era glass whiskey bottles washed up on a New Jersey beach.
Rare and mysterious whiskey bottles wash up on NJ beach
A whiskey river wasn’t on Austin Contegiacomo’s mind when he found an ocean of it — a Prohibition-era stash, to be exact — washed up on a New Jersey beach while he was walking his dog
Prohibition-era whiskey bottles, still presumably full of booze, found on beach along Jersey Shore
Users believe the bottles were from Montreal, Quebec, and circulated in the U.S. during Prohibition. The Jersey coast was part of the rum runners' route when alcohol was illegal in the 1920s and early 30s. Contegiacomo told reporters he shared some of the bottles with friends and his father.
N.J. man finds unopened whiskey bottles, possibly from Prohibition era, scattered on Margate beach
The Canadian-branded booze was discovered in February, prompting speculation about how it wound up at the Jersey Shore.
Rare and mysterious whiskey bottles found washed up on beach
A whiskey river wasn't on Austin Contegiacomo's mind when he found an ocean of it — a Prohibition-era stash, to be exact — washed up on a New Jersey beach while he was walking his dog last month.
Man finds rare whiskey bottles, believed to be from Prohibition, washed up on beach
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