Factual error: Celestial navigation can determine one's position on the earth's surface to within about one mile, not precise enough to give the location of a buried treasure. It also requires more than a sextant. It requires tables published in a nautical almanac (which is updated each year), charts on which to plot lines of position, and an accurate chronometer that is set to the precise time at the Prime Meridian (Greenwich Mean Time).

Murder, She Wrote (1984)
1 mistake in Night of the Coyote - chronological order
Trivia: This is the only episode in the entire series where the victim is attacked but is later revealed to be still alive.
Question: Why did Lane Henderson (Louise's father) murder his wife?
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Answer: In a flashback scene, it was shown that he had a violent temper, so it stands to reason that he finally killed her in a fit of rage.