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Not a good combination - Hap's endless tall tales and Bud's imagination although the mischief here was kicked along by an opportunistic publicity officer for Coral Key.

A dive school teacher throws a worn and common Spanish doubloon overboard for his dive students to find but Flipper brings it to Bud who, seeking money for Sandy's birthday present, takes it to a Rare Coin dealer. He tells him its worth only $3 but the publicity manager buys it from Bud for $7. When Bud alludes to Spanish treasure, next thing there's an article in the paper and the area is swamped with hundreds of boats. Porter and Sandy have to manage the mass of people and their tension.

Bud gets wind that he's the source of the rumor and takes off with Hap to prove that there is indeed treasure right at the time that Porter remonstrates with the publicity lady who in turns indicates that Bud was the source of the rumor. Hap manages to hole his dingy on rocks out in the bay marooning them on a rock where they find a treasure chest but it's just a store promotion. A Coastguard chopper sees them and radios in to Sandy on the launch and he and Porter head out to rescue people described by Porter as foolish only to find Bud and Hap! Porter's not happy and for their penance they have to clean up the foreshore trash generated by the rush of treasure seeking visitors while Porter and Sandy watch smiling. Porter agrees to let Hap off trash duty if he stops telling tall tales for a week and Sandy thanks Bud for his new water skis.

Funny line: Porter to Bud - "as for you junior capitalist if I ever catch you selling rare coins again...", Coolest shot: About 1/3 of the way into the episode, Sandy and Bud race from the house in just their cutoffs as fast as they can in bare feet across the gravel turning area and along the dock and dive into the lagoon and say a cheery "Hi Flipper" as they join him in the water! That one scene captures the essence of the show - the relationship between Flipper and Sandy and Bud.