Growing up during the turbulent '60s, A young boy listens as his Great-Uncle, a Florida Game Warden nearing retirement, tells him and his friends about his lifelong search for ancient Spanish gold, which he knows to be buried near one of the many springs that feed the Santa Fe River near his home in North-Central Florida. Little does young Charlie realize that the search which begins when he is nine years will lead him on an adventure that during the next twenty years, will bring much more than he bargained for, including murder. From the beautiful Santa Fe River, through the jungles of Vietnam, and the ancient records of the Spanish Treasure fleets in Seville, Charlie's life would never be the same following his search for Miranda's gold.