A message in a bottle from N.J was found in the Bahamas 54 years later

One day long ago, the Miss Belmar sailed out of the Shark River Inlet and went full speed ahead to the Hudson Canyon fishing grounds, 90 miles to the east and a long way from the Jersey Shore.

It took all day for the wooden-bottom Miss Belmar to reach its destination, and when it did, an excited teenager from Neptune in love with the sea wanted to mark the occasion of his first visit to the hallowed fishing grounds.

So John Forsyth did what so many nautical lovers had done before: he scribbled a note on a piece of brown lunch bag and stuffed in a Dr. Pepper bottle, then tossed it overboard.

“Sent off fishing boat Miss Belmar 90 miles east of Belmar Inlet,” the note said. " If found please call or write John Forsyth," and gives a six-digit phone number and his address in Neptune City.