‘Cooper’s Treasure’ is An Anime Adventure in Real Time on Discovery

Cooper’s Treasure opens up with treasure hunter Darrell Miklos having possibly discovered the anchor from one of Christopher Columbus’ ships. That’s pretty wild right? Yeah, it gets real wild once the authorities show up. Yo, the police shut son’s shine down like it was sundown. Darrell had permits for what he was doing but the cops were not with any of that paperwork smoke. They made him put the anchor back and you can watch Darrell’s heartbreak in real time (I rewound it a few times to be sure). Darrell mentions how this feels like history repeating itself as the exact same thing happened to his father. Wait, what? Dude’s daddy is a treasure hunter too? Well, Darrell’s father Roger Miklos was more pirate-like with his treasure hunting. Roger was getting it the ski mask way on the seven seas and not making a lot of friends. Darrell looks in the camera and tells the audience, “I am not my father”. Darrell Miklos showing pyrite in his pan. Does This Show Sound Like a Certain Anime? Okay, off the first ten minutes we already got treasure hunting, authorities goal tending said treasure, and a son dealing with the sins of the father. Right as I’m wondering if I am I watching an episode of One Piece in real time, we get a curve ball. While Darrell Miklos and his father’s relationship feels a bit uneasy (I’m really hoping that gets delved into more) we learn about how Darrell was close with NASA Astronaut Gordon “Gordo” Cooper. Before his death, Gordon told Darrell that while he …