The Canadian-branded booze was discovered in February, prompting speculation about how it wound up at the Jersey Shore.

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer and his dog stumbled across something unexpected on a New Jersey beach last month -- almost a dozen rare and mystery bottles of whiskey.

Austin Contegiacomo, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, was walking his sheepadoodle, Koda, near the Margate fishing pier when the dog began to paw at something in the sand. When Contegiacomo took a closer look, he realized Koda had found eleven sealed bottles of whiskey.

Nearly a dozen perfectly sealed whiskey bottles dating back to Prohibition times were found by Austin Contegiacomo while walking his dog along the beach in New Jersey.

A man found nearly a dozen prohibition-era whiskey bottles on the beach. Austin Contegiacomo's dog started sniffing around the sand during a walk near Margate Pier last month. That's when he discovered 11 sealed containers,