Steve Jobs time capsule dug up after 30 years: Here's the video
For years, the time capsule remained lost under an Aspen field. The original plan had been to excavate it in 2000, but thanks in part to a major landscaping project in the area, conference organizers couldn't find it. Until last year, that is. With the help of the National Geographic Channel show "Diggers," local crews finally discovered the tube last September and quickly set out to bring it back to the surface.One empty hole later, the crews brought it up. Cameras rolling, they cut it open. "We just freaked out," George Wyant, one of the two "Diggers" co-hosts, told CNET last year about finding the tube. "We went crazy. Because I'd had a pit in my stomach all day, so it was like instant relief."Lost for 30 years, the 'Steve Jobs Time Capsule'...See full gallery1 - 4 / 12NextPrevOf course, finding the mouse inside a time capsule stuffed with hundreds of items was no small task, and eager observers waiting to get a glimpse of it had to wait a day."When the end came off," "Diggers" co-host Tim Saylor told CNET at the time, "literally things just poured out. There must be literally thousands of things in there."But pull out the many things inside -- including a six-pack of Balantine beer (in cans), a Moody Blues tape, and a Rubik's Cube -- they did. Fortunately, despite a strong mold stench that pervaded the time capsule, the mouse, and many other items, had been protected in plastic bags. Now, "Diggers" is gearing up for its season premiere, and its Steve Jobs Time Capsule episode will kick things off on February 25. Check out the video above for the first look at what the show's hosts, and their experts, found when they opened it up.
