Episode 6 credits

The Beach Gave Back an 8-Foot Anchor. Nobody Knows Whose Ship. Thank you to the archaeologists, reporters and creators whose work helps tell this story. Episode 6 premieres Sunday, November 15, 2026 at 9 PM Eastern.

No photo of the actual anchor is used. Anchors shown on screen are labeled examples, and some footage is illustrative. The person who found it is never named, and the exact spot is never shown.

MUSIC

Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): "Long Note Two", "Healing", "Clear Waters", "Light Thought var 1", "Ether Vox", "Rains Will Fall", "Sincerely", "Ascending the Vale", "Windswept", "Bathed in the Light", plus the Chenzo Cases sting "Greta Sting".

PHOTOS AND FOOTAGE

Aerial stills: USGS National Map (public domain).

Photos and paintings via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY, CC BY-SA and public domain), credited on screen; every photographer, license and link is on the credits page.

Stock footage via Pexels (Pexels License); every creator is named on the credits page.

Anchors shown are examples, not the Flagler Beach anchor. Some footage is illustrative.

- Photo: Gareth James / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Admiralty_Pattern_anchor,_Southampton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2275029.jpg

- Photo: DXR / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flagler_Beach_FL,_South_view_of_Beach_and_Pier_20160707_1.jpg

- Photo: Daniel Schwen / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flagler_Beach.jpg

- Image: National Archives (NARA 7716696) via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A1A_Scenic_and_Historic_Coastal_Byway_-_Flagler_Beach_Pier_Ramp_-_NARA_-_7716696.jpg

- Photo: Morten Haan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flagler_Beach_3.jpg

- Photo: Viktoriya Sorochuk / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Augustine_Lighthouse_Main_View.jpg

- Photo: Pratishkhedekar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Admiralty_Anchor_01.jpg

- Photo: National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trottman_anchor_(admiralty_anchor).jpg

- Diagram: Tosaka / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stock_anchor_NT.PNG

- Image: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicole_Soaks_the_Eastern_United_States_(MODIS).jpg

- Image: Jens Thielsen Locher via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jens_Thielsen_Locher_-_An_American_brig_(1860s).jpg

- Photo: kevinmcgill / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Admiralty_Pattern_anchor_in_Melaka_-_April_2013_(8692545695).jpg

- Image: Clement Drew via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clement_Drew_-_The_Brig_Sarah_Abigail_of_Boston_in_stormy_Seas.jpg

- Photo: Morten Haan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daytona_Beach_Shores.jpg

- Image: Charles Ogilvy via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Ogilvy_-_The_brig_Selina_Jane_(1868).jpg

- Image: Edward Moran via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moran_Brig_off_Sandy_Hook.jpg

Stock footage via Pexels (Pexels License), with thanks to: ArtHouse Studio, Bilal Furkan KOŞAR, Cemrecan Yurtman, Engin Akyurt, Foster, Ibrahim Bennett, JUN HO LEE, Lay-Z Owl, Logan Voss, Marina Leonova, Orhan Pergel, Pixabay, Tom Fisk, Videas Cl, cottonbro studio, fauxels, https://kaboompics.com/, Åke Wall.

Find something like this on a Florida beach? Don't dig it up or take it. Photograph it and call the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research, 850-245-6444.

OFFICIAL GUMSHOE BUSINESS

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SOURCES

- https://flaglerlive.com/flagler-beach-anchor-lamp/

- https://flaglerlive.com/flagler-beach-erosion-emergency

- https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/history/anchor-1800s-uncovered-on-flagler-beach/77-b2ce4c79-8585-439e-aeed-eab91e49dc80

- https://www.flaglernewsweekly.com/10394-2/

- https://www.wftv.com/news/local/see-centuries-old-anchor-unearthed-flagler-county-beach/BAYKKBFFLFF7FORVWFCIR6BID4/

- https://dredgewire.com/flagler-beach-dunes-turn-into-small-cliffs-as-ocean-gnaws-at-sand/

- https://www.staugustinelighthouse.org/2021/10/11/crescent-beach-shipwreck-the-caroline-eddy/

- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wooden-ship-1800s-uncovered-florida-beach-beach-erosion-caused-recent-rcna60517

- https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/more-mystery-objects-found-on-florida-beaches-here-is-what-they-are

- https://flaglercountyhistoricalsociety.com/debrahm-1765-survey-of-our-area-and-map-sisco-deen-shipwreck-collection/

- https://dos.fl.gov/historical/archaeology/underwater/participation/

- https://aa.usno.navy.mil/api/moon/phases/date?date=2022-08-01&nump=4

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