What did keepers say when time capsules were lost, broken, or opened early?

"Fifty years of internment in a concrete vault took their toll on a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere when groundwater found a way in."

"But the city went hunting for it in 2021 to “move it for safekeeping during roadwork” and found it had vanished."

"Tulsa’s Time Capsule Car Succumbs to Corrosion (2018)"

"Crews in Virginia ended a daylong search Thursday after they were unable to locate a 134-year-old time capsule state officials believe is buried in the pedestal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that towered over Richmond for more than a century."

"When officials in Somerton opened a time capsule Saturday, they discovered mementos from 1985 — but didn't find a bottle of Mexican brandy that was supposed to be in the capsule."

""It's disappointing not to find the time capsule," he said."

"If the totem pole that keeps watch over Centennial Park in Livermore, California witnessed the secret burial here 25 years ago, it's not saying. So, using powerful metal detectors, officials are searching for Livermore's missing time capsule"

"He says he was surprised when it was opened and there was no bottle of brandy. Soto says it was there when the crew buried the capsule in concrete along Main Street."

""We looked where we thought it was. It doesn't preclude (us) in the future from finding it, but for right now, the mystery will continue.""

"someone stole the capsule from an unattended van in the bicentennial wagon train."

""There's no map, no directions, no one saved anything," says Mayor Cathie Brown."

"The time capsule did contain letters from Somerton residents, photographs, a VHS tape and a 1981 Time magazine with a picture of President Ronald Reagan on the cover."

"He said it is doubtful workers would resume looking for the 1887 time capsule, but left open a small possibility."

"“I'm positive there's a capsule in there somewhere,” he said. “We just can't find where.”"

""Too good a secret unfortunately.""

"A local navy base has offered high-tech equipment usually used to find bombs to try to locate the elusive time capsule."

"Capello said that nearly every item inside had been affected by water, mold, and mildew."

"Moisture that seeped through the Public Square capsule's rusted steel container damaged a stack of documents about 10 inches high. Those papers were stuck together and moldy, so they were not salvageable, but at least 200 documents were saved."

"When the capsule was finally opened, much of what had been placed inside 50 years ago was wet, stained, stuck together or destroyed."

"The plan has now been scrapped after the city discovered earlier this month that water and mold had damaged nearly all of the objects inside the capsule."

""It was heartbreaking," she said."

"Both had been dug up and opened before the events so staff could check the condition of the capsules and their contents."

"“Boy, everything is sure water damaged,” Krueger said. “Really disappointed in this.”"

"When the capsule lid was removed the next day, they saw that more than half of the vessel was filled with water, Kolb recounted. Even the plastic bags inside the capsule were breached, he said."

""That's a very sturdy time capsule, and we had no idea that it would leak or have any kind of a failure," he said."

"The other, buried outside the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, was opened Tuesday ."

"“I am crying. I’m not sure what to say. I’m heartbroken.”"

"According to a news article at the time, the vault was “water-proofed.” However, that turned out not to be the case – a fact that the city only discovered earlier this month."

"Historical Society archivist Shane Keenan said the artifacts were preserved better than most were expecting with the water damage."

"The vault is currently being drained,” the city shared in a social media post."

"“There was a little water that ran out, about a gallon or so, so I don’t know if there’s any damage in there or not,” she said."

"“We were all really disappointed there wasn’t more material that was recoverable,” said Bill Kolb, Mountain View’s assistant library director."

""We'll probably put a plaque out at the Liberty Pole at Coleman Memorial Park saying it's because of damage it's been moved to City Hall," she said."

"On the outside, it is a small, metal box, corroded and dented."

"Workers used X-rays to locate the copper box inside the concrete cornerstone without damaging the exterior marker, then jackhammered it out approximately four weeks prior to the opening."

"The copper box, originally placed during a hospital expansion cornerstone ceremony on September 10, 1952, contained, blueprints, a Bible, historical pictures, photographs and additional legal and historical documents from the era."