November 20th, 2009 by Brad Lovell

This morning I received a phone call from Melissa, who is a former student of Haberfield Primary school. Melissa and some former students have been searching for a Time Capsule they buried over 35 years ago! They we’re hoping with the use of a Metal Detector, I would be able to help them locate the lost time capsule. I mentioned I would be happy to come out and help. I arrived at the School and was greeted by Melissa, the school Principal and a few former students who we’re actually there on the day the capsule was buried. But predictably things had changed a lot in the past 35 years. New trees, new basketball court, even an entry road into the school had since disappeared! The students we’re only 8 years old when they buried the Capsule, so they we’re not exactly sure of the location. They recall inserting a Coke Can in the Capsule, which would be the only way I could find it with the metal detector. I began to scan the area they felt it might be buried, only to find out that the area was scattered with junk. Every swing of the detector would send off 3 or more signals. And to make matters worse there was a huge Electricity box near by which was interfering with both my detectors. While the former students tried to recall the burial position, I continued poking around the area…listening for deep targets. After more discussions we decided it was impossible to locate the time capsule using a metal detector. Melissa is going to contact the ABC and go through the old video archives. Apparently where was video footage at the time the school originally buried the capsule. Hopefully this footage will help identify the exact area the capsule was buried. Melissa is very determined to find the lost time capsule, and I am hoping she will keep me up to date with how things go.