Captain Ryan Redmon and a team of six firefighters from the Marion Fire Department in Marion, Ohio, discovered a hidden time capsule dating back to 1905.
Firefighter Andrew Niles is pictured above removing a brick. (City of Marion Ohio Fire Departmen A team of firefighters has uncovered treasure hidden in their fire department that's nearly 12 decades old.Captain Ryan Redmon and a group of six firefighters from the City of Marion Ohio Fire Department were on a mission to retrieve an old department cornerstone from a retired fire station that was about to be demolished, but they ended up finding something truly unexpected.The Marion Fire Department (MFD) has recently been researching the history of their department, going back to 1848, by digging up some information — both figuratively and literally, Captain Redmon told Fox News Digital.On May 25, Redmon and the firefighters went down to the old Marion Fire Department Station No.
2, which was built in 1905, to excavate their department's cornerstone for preservation purposes before the building was scheduled to be torn down.After spending nearly 30 minutes on the excavation, Redmon and his men quickly realized the cornerstone was deeper into the building than anticipated, so they called in professionals to complete the removal.As Redmon and his team were about to leave, they pulled out one last brick and saw a copper box fall out of the sandstone, Redmon shared.Redmon and the other firefighters on the scene took it back to the station excited to show everyone their new discovery."Obviously, everybody wanted us to open it right away, and we wanted to, trust me.