Treasure Quest: Snake Island

I just started watching this show from the beginning. I understand editing to make something more exciting but editing can also make something look real when it is not.

I think this series is at best a re-enactment of what happened and possibly is all made up. The "galleon" anchor is a 19th century one not 16th. We never see any artifacts in place (the Spanish coin cookies). The anthropologist, Meghan, doesn't seem to contribute anything but visual candy. She should have been able to look at the pottery shards they brought up and identify type/era and figure out the age of the wreck. Unglazed earthenware is terribly common and has been used for centuries.

There was no attempt to conserve the silver coins that were in coral matrix. The size of the anchor could be used to calculate the size of the vessel. The fact that there was a flimsy iron chain on the anchor reinforces the fact of its recent age. My guess is that a ship had to cut an anchor loose to either get away from the coast quickly or it had become wedged and couldn't be recovered.

I won't be watching the remaining episodes.

Finally a professional team of treasure hunters that are also interested in the history of the Jesuits and native South Americans. These guys have found lots of treasure in the past and have found some interesting stuff since the season 3 start. Very well done.

I normally enjoy this type of show. Season one was ok but season two is verging on stupidity with the staging of events.

If anyone was to believe half the pish they talk and the scenarios. They need thier heads checked.

An absolutely terrible show. The Legend of Croc Gold was another horrid gold show and this is no better. Fake. Made up drama. Scripted parts. Too much recap and very little substance. "Experts" behaving like idiots and assuming that the audience is naive and gullible.

Don't waste your time. There are better gold shows (Gold Rush, Bering Sea Gold, White Water, etc. all are/have become pretty formulaic but they're still miles ahead of this drivel).

Don't waste your time on this one. It even gets a lot worse after season 1. There's an interesting story behind season 1&2 and another behind season 3 but that's it. There are fake treasure hunting professionals involved as well.