the film where he handed the detector in,
before being pulled from the mud was apparently edited out for time.
the 1788 silver coin did look a bit polished

either found , cleaned & re-filmed after because they found it without a camera running
or faked. But I can believe it was found there.
it really had nothing to do with the shows intention, so why lie ?
I was impressed they ended the show with josh announcing A hoax.
I would have thought they would have hid that possibility & ended it with
an announcement he will be back to continue the search one day.
plus Hoax fits my personal conclusions on this treasure story

seems too fitting the description of the treasure was so easy to decode but the others impossible

Of all the tv characters on reality shows, I do respect Gates.
His Sci-Fi show never went overboard like some of the spook shows do.
they rarely found anything .
and so far his treasure Hunting shows have showed a serious side,
even though he is a bit of a stooge at times.
there for awhile I thought he may have been another CIA agent ,
playing the fool like Chuck Barris. in order to get in all those countries