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West Point time capsule thought to be empty yields coins, medal in sediment
- bell-cot 3y agoThe story notes that the coins and medal were in the "sediment", then goes on: > “We are not certain if it’s soil or mud or dust,” Paul Hudson, a West Point archaeologist, said at the time. “It may not be anything.” Sounds to me like the time capsule originally contained a bunch of paper or other organic items...along with too much moisture, or a cracked or too-weak seam (to let moisture in). So, over ~2 centuries, the organic stuff moldered away to dust.
- harryquach 3y agoThey should have waited until 2028 to open this.