virginia tweeted, they found it. trouble is, they thought they found it a week and a half ago. when construction crews pulled a different time capsule from the base. after hours of work opening that one, they realized that time capsule was not the one they had been looking for. it was made of lead, not copper, and only contained a handful of items, including a few books, an envelope and a coin. in this latest capsule there was one bullet, newspapers, books and a button with a naval symbol on it. this coin says 1853. reporter: conservators are still documenting the items and comparing them to the list published in that 1887 newspaper. but so far no picture of abraham lincoln in his casket. they found a photo from harper s weekly of someone weeping at lincoln s grave. it was perhaps taken from a photograph, but it is often
extract without ruining them. even though we managed to clear out a section of this, the they are stuck together. reporter: monday virginia governor ralph northam tweeted, they found it. trouble is, they thought they found it a week and a half ago. after hours of tedious work opening that one, they quickly realized that time capsule was not the one they had been looking for. it was made of lead, not copper, and only contained a handful of items, including a few books, an envelope and a coin. in this latest capsule there was one bullet, newspapers, books and a button with a naval symbol on it. this coin says 1853. reporter: conserve tors are still documenting the items and comparing them to the list published in that 1887 newspaper. but so far no picture of abraham lincoln in his casket.
together. r reporter: the governor proproud ly tweeted, they found it, but they thought they had found it a week ago. after hours of work opening that one, they realized that time capsule was not the one they had been looking for. it was made of lead, not copper. and only contained a handful of items, including a few books, envelope and coin. in the latest capsule, there was at least one bullet, newspapers, books, and a naval symbol on it. this coin says 1853. reporter: conservators are still documenting the items and comparing them to the list published in that 1887 newspaper. but so far, no picture of lincoln in his casket. they did find a photo from harper s weekly of someone weeping at lincoln s grave.