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When teams cut through the granite pedestal -- >> the capstone slid off and there it is. >> reporter: -- they found a 36-pound box, what experts are calling a cornerstone box, mads copper. the bomb squad examined x-rays for active gunpowder. then virginia archeologists got inside, 144 years after it was sealed. inside, confederate money. bullets and buttons. a hand carved confederate flag. an old newspaper. a bible. coins. and letters. historian dale brumfield says it gives us a firsthand look at the mindset of the confederacy. >> it's not just what's inside the box that's important, it was al...

All right. we have reestablished connection with kate ridgeway. do you think this would have been found if the robert e. lee statue had been removed? >> i don't think it would have been. this box wasn't a time capsule where people were expected to come and retrieve it after 100 years. this was more of a cornerstone box for the dedication of the monument. so without disassembling the statue, you would not find this box. >> i should also note, there's so much talk about it being found, but it's also notable what is not found inside of it. a number of historians have said, any members of the blac...