Episode
Bonanza: The Gold Detector
Overview
Hoss wants to buy a mine thought to be worthless and orders a fancy invention to prove it isn't and becomes the local laughingstock in town
Details
- Series
- Bonanza
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1967-12-24
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
The Gold Detector is Episode 14 in Season 9 of Bonanza. It aired on 1967-12-24. The runtime is 49 min.
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Episode 13: Justice Deferred
An anguished Hoss discovers that his testimony helped hang an innocent man accused of murder. As he struggles to bring the real killer to justice, Hoss must also combat the cowardice of another witness and the jury foreman, an influential banker.
Episode 15: The Trackers
A man, recently released from prison for bank robbery, is accused of robbing the same Virginia City bank and gunning down a teller. The Cartwrights try to protect the accused man from a posse that intends to lynch him before his trial.
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Episode 10: Showdown at Tahoe
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Episode 18: The Burning Sky
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Episode 19: The Price of Salt
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Episode 8: Desperate Passage
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