While stealing Mayan artifacts from a secret dig site in Mexico, Digger and his smuggling partners uncover ancient Atlantean artifacts. Digger becomes trapped between his commitment to his smuggling partners and his self-imposed duty as an archaeologist to document the important find. His partners are concerned only about the value of the ancient items, especially a fifty pound golden urn. The disagreement, along with being pursued by federal agents, creates mistrust within the group. They suspect Morgan's wife, Karen, of being an informant. In his urgency to escape the killing spree that follows, Digger returns to the Gulf Coast to find the other remaining member of the group. When he arrives he is forced to solve a murder mystery, Karen's disappearance, while at the same time save his own life. In this strange mystery twist, he becomes a target for murder while trying to help a little girl, Tammy, find her mother, Karen. Tammy has a strange obsession with a crystal, and claims it tells her where Karen is. Morgan, who planned her murder, suffers an unusual ending.