Dave Blassingame arrives in the small, dusty town of Dos Pinos looking for room and board. All he finds at the local cantina is a gun-happy trouble maker named Pauk and a wounded deputy named Red Coons. Dave looks for help from the cantina's owner, named Sal.

Dave Blassingame and his dog Brown take shelter during a desert dust storm. Dave accidently finds a pouch containing Gold coins buried in some rocks where he took shelter. An old prospector shows up realizing that Dave found the Gold coins and has a plan to releave him of the Gold.