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The artifacts buried at the massachusetts state house and inside the box, silver and copper coins, unengraved silver plate, newspaper. it took officials 4 to 5 hours to initially loosen the screws. it was a water leak at the state house. sebastian clark, an appraiser on pbs. this makes my skin tingle it's so exciting. imagining the history coming alive. so let's start with what's in it overall. you've got coins. we have a half cent coin one dime three cent oin all dated 1775 and a shilling daylighted 1652. how much is this stuff worth? >> so if these things do come up for sale but not with thi...

How about this? a time capsule was opened in boston nearly 200 years after it was buried by sam adams and paul revere way back in 1795. the capsule was removed from the state house corner stone, inside a newspaper, title page of colony records, at least 25 coins dating back as far as 1652. and an inscribed silver plate that may have been made by paul revere himself. the historical items will be on public display for a while but the time capsule will be eventually placed back in the building with new items. what a find. well the gadgets are on display at the electronic show in las vegas. from...

With the capsule in boston where it was open. malcolm, it was incredible to imagine this was sitting there all this time. i know you x-rayed the box beforehand. you had an idea what might be in it. did you have an idea it would be like the opening of al capone's vault on tv when really there was nothing in there? >> in truth, we knew a little bit of what was in the box. it was a moment of extraordinary excitement this brass container just the size of a cigar box was slowly opened with surgical precision. and you suddenly found yourself in the presence of history. >> what stands out to you as m...

Together in 1975 -- 1795. 5 different folded newspapers. 24 coins. one of them stretching inging as far back as 1962 and perhaps the thing most significant to a lot of people. this silver plate. if you are able to look closely, you will see the names samuel adams and paul revere -- they placed it under a corner stone and the contents were found in 1855 and the decision was made to remove it all, and conserve it and put it in a brass box, that was made for the occasion. the lid of the box was inscribed with the name of the maker and the white stuff was part of the plaster when it was returned t...

They put them in the capsule. >> the 17th century coin is maybe a $5,000 or $6,000 coin. the value increases tenfold. >> tenfold. >> i could only imagine. >> 50,000, $60,000. >> easily. >> paul revere was a silversmith. we know that. there is an engraved silver plate in here. it says i'll read the quote for everybody, the cornerstone of this building when it was found, intended for the use of legislative and executive branch of the commonwealth of massachusetts laid by exlen si samuel adams, by the most wishable paul revere on the 4th day of july 20th anniversary of american independence. we k...