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15 Stories About “Time Capsules” That Preserved Valuables For Years

In some parts of the world, there is the custom of putting together time capsules or boxes, keeping messages, family photos and other valuables in them, with the aim of finding all those memories again many years later. Proof of this is that several internet users have shared emotional moments on the web when, after several decades, they unearthed containers with things they had kept in their childhood. There are those who found these “treasures” completely by chance, while others remembered them 25 years later. Among the examples that we will show below, there are also cases of people who found time capsules during a cleaning, or who decided to keep the relics to give to a loved one when they reach the age of majority. In any case, several of these very special moments were published on networks such as Reddit, Imgur, YouTube, Instagram and twittershowing everyone involved how much they’ve grown and how life has changed from the day the time capsule was assembled to the day it was reopened.

O awesome.club compiled a list of the most fascinating stories involving time capsules. All of them were published on the Internet by their own protagonists.

1. “My wife and I were reinstalling a window in our bathroom that had been removed by the previous owners when we found a time capsule from 1993”

“Time capsule. 1993”

2. Someone found this 120-year-old time capsule. It belonged to a Russian girl, who kept photographic plates of what appear to be her pets.

3. After 25 years, this internet user decided to open the time capsule he had made when he was 12, finding several games and drawings from that time again

4. “I found this while cleaning out my attic. 1991 time capsule”

“Ribbon for the trip
6/4/1991”

5. “Today, I opened a time capsule of my childhood (I was born in 1987)”

6. “I found the original invoice for this old sewing machine called Mabel. Now I know that Miss ‘M. Young’ bought it on August 18, 1956 for $99.90 (about $880 today). She even got a packet of ‘Made in West Germany’ needles (for the price, they must also be from the 1950s). A little time capsule!”

7. “I found this little time capsule after moving. If I had put my whole childhood in a box, this would be it.”

8. “While cleaning out my closet, I came across a very special box, containing all the letters I received from my pen pals in the early 1990s. From age 9 to age 15, I had 20 friends from different countries, such as France , Zimbabwe, Germany, Argentina, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Philippines and some other places in the world”

9. “We are renovating our office, and we bought a desk from an antique shop. We found this ‘treasure’ hidden in the drawer: gum, a French lip balm and 2 cent stamps from 1932. It’s always time to do a time capsule!”

10. “I took the time to unwrap a lost box of school trinkets left a few months ago by my parents. Heck, I found a bunch of magazines, some old photos, and a random mix of objects. Very interesting to remember what I liked 25 years ago… hahaha, I remember that I loved everything related to David Lynch (and I still do) 😏”

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11. After 25 years, this man opened the time capsule he had buried in his parents’ house when he was 10. He found old photos and a note

12. “Here we have something amazing… on Gracie’s first birthday, I didn’t know what to get her. After all, she had everything she needed. Besides, she wouldn’t even remember. So I asked our friends and family to put things in a time capsule so it wouldn’t open until my 18th birthday. We’ve kept the box a secret all this time, and yesterday, Gracie opened it. There was a wide variety of souvenirs from the year of her birth, jewelry, and savings bonds. But best of all, the box was filled with gifts and notes from our loved ones, including some who have passed away. It was really special ❤️”

13. A man found a marry guitar, and inside it there were several objects from the 1990s, such as Pokémon cards, music cassettes and even a cell phone from the time

14. “I found stuff from the 1950s in a box. It’s not exactly a time capsule, but it looks like it’s been kept for several generations. My favorite item is the 1951 rent receipt.”

15. “I was in the backyard playing with my dogs when I found something sticking out of the ground. I dug it up and realized it was a time capsule I made when I was 7 or 8 years old. I decided to open it, and found this relic inside! It has been there, on the ground, for over 25 years. Welcome to 2018, friend! And meet the rest of my LEGO bricks. Make yourself at home”


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