Based on the widely acclaimed book of the same name by Kip Wagner and L.B. Taylor, "Pieces of Eight" relates the exciting true account of eight modern-day treasure hunters who search out, locate and recover the greatest treasure cache ever found in the New World. The film tells of how author Wagner's life-long dream of recovering treasure became a reality. He was the magnetic force that attracted a group of men which Wagner appropriately titled the "Real Eight" after the Spanish "ocho reales" or pieces of eight. Over $3 million in the form of gold, silver and rare objects d'art were located by the group withing a 25-mile radius of Wagner's home. The format of the film is that of a docudrama - real events dramatized for the screen. Hollywood actorRichard Basehart narrates.