Knight Rider - Return to Cadiz (1983)

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Michael Knight and his super car find a Spanish gold coin

"Knight Rider " was a one hour television program which ran on the NBC television network from 1982 to 1986. The program was set in Los Angeles and the hero was Michael Knight, a crime-solving former policeman who works for a private law enforcement agency. The program had science-fiction elements including a super car which carried an on-board computer.

This episode is titled "Return to Cadiz" and was first broadcast on Oct 30, 1983. Michael Knight finds a gold coin which involves him with divers searching for an underwater treasure.

The coin is an imitation or prop coin loosely based on Spanish coins from the 17th century.

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1. Program title

Michael's manager is Devon Miles, a wealthy man, and he works with April Curtis, a scientist.

The car, known as the Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT), has all kinds of advanced features.

2. Episode title

Michael is driving near a beach where he finds an injured diver, Bobby Shell. He takes the man to a hospital and finds a gold coin which has dropped out of the diver's clothes.

3. Michael holding coin

A close-up of the coin is then shown.

4. The coin

Only one side of the coin is shown. The coin is an imitation or prop coin loosely based on Spanish coins from the 17th century, however this coin is much thicker than real Spanish coins.

He places the coin in the car's onboard computer/analyzer which displays the metal content of the coin (gold).

Michael drives to the Three Shells beach restaurant.

5. The KITT car at the Three Shells

Michael meets the diver's sister Jennifer Shell who tells him that she and her brother are looking for treasure, and two other men, Zachary Sloate, a ruthless treasure hunter, and Ross Manley, are also searching for it.

Jennifer goes diving again and finds the treasure in an underwater cave.