History Detectives

Season 8, Episode 3

Lauste Film Clip: Did a HISTORY DETECTIVES viewer find a clip of the first talking picture? Baker's Gold: What's the story behind Gold Rush sketches of five and eight-pound gold nuggets? Transatlantic Cable: Did a beachcomber find a section of the first transatlantic cable?

Transatlantic Cable

16m 25s

Our contributor found a coil of wire cables covered in thick fabric and wonders if it's a piece of one of the first transatlantic cables that connected the United States to Europe. History Detectives tries to pinpoint if this coil of wires made - or relayed - history.

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    Baker's Gold

    S8 E3 - 16m 44s

    A viewer from Colorado thinks he may have discovered a gem of Gold Rush memorabilia.The drawing depicts four huge gold nuggets. The signature, I.W. Baker, catches our contributor's eye. Could this be the Isaac Baker famous for his photographs of the Gold Rush? And did miners actually find gold nuggets that large?

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