There's a bomb the size of a soda can aboard Liberty Bell 7, a honing device that fortunately never worked. It's not where it's supposed to be. The capsule is filled with muck and smells of the sea. They clean it off, scrape off corrosion and call over the photographers and film-makers documenting the Liberty Bell 7 recovery. Hugh and Buddy don't try to discern why the bomb, which was designed to detonate in case the capsule sank, never worked.
Buddy heaves it overboard.
Curt and Max move in for another look inside the capsule. Some of Grissom's gear is still inside. They find seven Mercury dimes the astronaut carried into space as souvenirs. Curt had hoped to salvage film from a camera aimed at Grissom, but he discovers it lying in mud at the bottom of the capsule. He is most fascinated by the condition of the fabrics, still intact after 38 years in the sea.