A time capsule hidden inside the walls of a California home in 1978 was finally reunited with its owner , who placed it there when he was only 12 years old . Robert Wright , 49 , flew from Texas with his father to their former home in Fontana to pick up the 37-year-old time capsule that Wright once hid while his family was remodeling the house . Inside he placed a signed note , a few coins , a newspaper cutting and a McDonald 's scratch card . Robert Wright ( pictured left as a 12-year-old and right today ) was reunited with a time capsule he hid inside the walls of his home in 1978 . The 12-year-old Wright explained in the note that his dad was redoing the wall 's paneling , which gave him the chance to hide the note away . He also provided 'proof ' of the date with a newspaper clipping . In the note , Wright wrote : 'Hello to whoever finds this . My name is Robert Wright . Today my dad is putting up paneling . Today is November 18th , 1978 , 15 till 12:00 noon ' . ' I 'm 12 years old and a student at Fontana JR. High , 7th grade . I am 5 ' 3 , blond hair , hazel eyes . ' 'Here is proof of the date . Robert Wright . ' Wright told ABC News it was 'surreal ' to be reunited with the capsule he never thought he 'd seen again . The capsule was a 'spur-of-the-moment idea ' , according to Wright , who quickly gathered some trinkets from his room before his dad sealed the interior wall he was redoing . He tore off a newspaper and threw in the McDonald 's ticket to prove the date . The capsule was n't unearthed until six years ago when Greg Sandoval , the home 's current owner , was doing a renovation of his own . Sandoval struggled to find Wright 's contact information or profile on Facebook but did n't have the heart to throw it away . The plastic bag capsule contained a note , coins - and this scratchcard from a McDonald 's restaurant . The capsule was n't unearthed until six years ago , when the home 's current owner Greg Sandoval and his wife were doing a renovation of their own . After six years he decided 'to do something about it ' and reached out to his local ABC station in Los Angeles in December . The segment aired on a local ABC affiliate in Houston and Wright was soon inundated with phone calls . He told ABC News : ' I watched the video link and was like , `` Oh my gosh . This is me . I am that Robert Wright . '' ' Wright , who works in orthopedics in Austin , got in touch with Sandoval and decided he would personally pick up the capsule when he had to fly down to California in a few months for a conference . The father-of-two now plans to continue the tradition with his boys , aged eight and nine , when they remodel their home this summer . 'Maybe 50 years from now , someone will find their things , ' Wright said . 'And they 'll have a cool story to tell . ' Sandoval struggled to find Wright 's contact information or profile on Facebook but he did n't have the heart to throw it away , so he contacted contacted his local ABC station - and Wright saw the segment . Wright ( who once lived in the pictured Fontana home ) got in touch with Sandoval and decided he would personally pick up his capsule when he had to fly down in a few months to California for a conference .
Robert Wright , 49 , flew from Texas with his father to their former home in Fontana , California to pick up the capsule . Wright hid it inside the walls of his home when his father was remodeling . Capsule contains a signed note , coins , a newspaper cutting and a McDonald 's scratch card . It was discovered this December by home 's current owner Greg Sandoval . Sandoval could n't find Wright 's contact information and aired a segment on TV six years ago in an attempt to reach the owner .