132 Years-Old Message in a Bottle

[Old Wombat]

A Perth family has found the world's oldest known message in a bottle, almost 132 years after it was thrown into the sea, Australian experts say.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-43299283

Is this what Sting was singing about in the The Police song all those years ago?

[NARSES2]

I read about that. Something I've never been tempted to do, even as a kid