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.

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,