What would you put in a time capsule?

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Before I finally finish our downstairs renovations I'm thinking about hiding a small time capsule in the cavity wall. This is partially for my own amusement but also for my 6yo daughter.

When I was boarding the loft I found a stack of old pennies and half pennies hidden between the joists, the oldest being 1913, and I keep finding the odd penny or 2 pence piece under the wooden flooring when I'm pulling bits up. I quite like the idea of leaving something for someone to find in 10 or 20 years time, or longer.

Ideally things that could fit in a small 10x20cm box. I'm thinking:

a set of coins
front page of a newspaper
letter to the finder
postcards from our seaside town
a photo of us
 
I'd put in a 9x19cm bottle some of my cryogenically frozen population paste so my legacy can continue in centuries to come.
 
Mr Badger said:
Magnolia.

The future generations will thank us for this.
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Can decide on if you mean the guy on the forums, or a sample of the god awful 'colour' that everybody and his dog paints their house? :D... either way, good idea!

Genuinely nice idea though OP!
 
My level 42 cassette, a massive double ender, 3 litres of lube, a can of heinz beans with "Ha, I bet you don't have tin openers, have fun opening these" written on it and a picture of a cow with a speech bubble stating "Milk me so good" penned in, they can have the biro as well, why not.

I mean seriously, time capsules are a load of nonsense, you find one, go "interesting" than forget about it a few days later. Oh, you buried a roses tin 2 feet down in your back garden? No one will ever find it for hundreds of years... Yeah, right.
 
I'd put nothing in it at all. So when they find it in 100 years, hype up the grand opening of this time capsule, with 20 billion people watching on their cranial television implants, it'll be the biggest troll ever done.

>_>
 
It seemed pointless digging the Blue Peter one up when they still had the film of what they put in it in the first place. And the one the buried to be opened in 2050? ALL that stuff will still exist in the outside world in 36 years time, probably in better condition.
 
MooMoo444 said:
I'd put nothing in it at all. So when they find it in 100 years, hype up the grand opening of this time capsule, with 20 billion people watching on their cranial television implants, it'll be the biggest troll ever done.
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A folded picture of troll face would be a nice touch.
 
Funny that you'd post this. Just two days ago my mum gave me a box of all this stuff I had made at school when I was 3, little things I'd written about my (now deceased) dad, photos from my early teens etc. It was really incredible going through it all, so maybe do something similar with your daughter's stuff and give it to her when she's nearly 30 (before then it won't mean anything because she'll be having too much fun no doubt :p).
 
I addition to what you said;

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I think a time capsule should be designed for after your 'time'. Not happened upon after you move out.

What would it have been cool to find from 50-100 years ago?
 
Time Capsules are pointless if your just going to dig it up or open it years later, they are designed to not be opened for 100+ years, that's the point in them.

When my Dad was digging a huge hole in our garden had one of those clear plastic lunch bags which have a life span of like 500 years and I put inside a note with my name, date and other small bits of information and attached some of my hair, for cloning purposes for whoever finds it years down the road...

But for a time capsule, I would put in some of my blood samples or something which could be used to bring me back in the future...
 
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