Beaver has borrowed one of Ward's books about the Indian Wars. Could be because he is being influenced by Eddie Haskell who is spinning yarns about his family finding pirate treasure in South America. Beaver wants to share in some of the glory Eddie is basking in. He figures if he can tell a story then the big guys will like him. Beaver talks about an Indian battle that took place in the vacant lot across from their house over a 100 years ago. Beaver claims he has Indian arrowheads to prove his story. Beaver also bets Eddie a $1.50 he has proof. Wally isn't happy because it was his $1.50 Beaver bet.
Eddie and the gang are coming over to dig around the lot to find arrowheads. Wally and the Beaver get up early to salt the vacant lot. Chester finds a broken arrow but it has Japan printed on it. Eddie wants his $1.50 as he is pretty sure there weren't any Japanese Indians in Mayfield. Tooey finds a multifaceted rock and that gets everyone excited. They might be millionaires.
June is going crazy trying to figure out what the boys are up to. The boys are in the garage washing off the rocks as they wait for Tooey to get back with his father's book on rocks. Matching a picture to the rocks they have, they figure they have garnets. Garnets are valuable as they are used in jewelry; the boys are diving up the rocks as they plan on how they will be spending their millions.
When Beaver shows up looking for something to drink, June starts questioning him about what was going on in the garage. Even though Beaver is not to say anything about what the boys found because it's a secret, he is desperate to tell someone. But June isn't biting; if Beaver has a secret then he should keep it.
Beaver finally tells Gus the fireman. Gus gives Beaver the bad news, his garnets are ground up to be used as sandpaper, they aren't jewels. Beaver is crushed. For a while there he felt he was one of the big guys because he was sort of responsible for the guys finding the garnets.
Beaver asks Wally if the guys will be angry. Nah, Wally figures everyone will have forgotten all about it by tomorrow. Beaver knows he is back at the bottom of the pecking order again.
Good episode that captures the way kids used to brag about anything they thought would make them the center of attention. I recall a UFO scare that got some attention back in the 50's. It wasn't long before kids started bragging about seeing flying saucers. One guy even insisted one landed in his backyard. As I lived near a park that was created as glaciers retreated millions of years ago, we were always finding things we thought were valuable. Nothing we found ever was, but for a while we let our dreams get the best of us.
Eddie and the gang are coming over to dig around the lot to find arrowheads. Wally and the Beaver get up early to salt the vacant lot. Chester finds a broken arrow but it has Japan printed on it. Eddie wants his $1.50 as he is pretty sure there weren't any Japanese Indians in Mayfield. Tooey finds a multifaceted rock and that gets everyone excited. They might be millionaires.
June is going crazy trying to figure out what the boys are up to. The boys are in the garage washing off the rocks as they wait for Tooey to get back with his father's book on rocks. Matching a picture to the rocks they have, they figure they have garnets. Garnets are valuable as they are used in jewelry; the boys are diving up the rocks as they plan on how they will be spending their millions.
When Beaver shows up looking for something to drink, June starts questioning him about what was going on in the garage. Even though Beaver is not to say anything about what the boys found because it's a secret, he is desperate to tell someone. But June isn't biting; if Beaver has a secret then he should keep it.
Beaver finally tells Gus the fireman. Gus gives Beaver the bad news, his garnets are ground up to be used as sandpaper, they aren't jewels. Beaver is crushed. For a while there he felt he was one of the big guys because he was sort of responsible for the guys finding the garnets.
Beaver asks Wally if the guys will be angry. Nah, Wally figures everyone will have forgotten all about it by tomorrow. Beaver knows he is back at the bottom of the pecking order again.
Good episode that captures the way kids used to brag about anything they thought would make them the center of attention. I recall a UFO scare that got some attention back in the 50's. It wasn't long before kids started bragging about seeing flying saucers. One guy even insisted one landed in his backyard. As I lived near a park that was created as glaciers retreated millions of years ago, we were always finding things we thought were valuable. Nothing we found ever was, but for a while we let our dreams get the best of us.
