Pirate Gold of Adak Island

PIRATE GOLD OF ADAK ISLAND is a reality series that follows a group of committed treasure hunters looking for buried gold on a remote island. In 1892 Russian pirate Gregory Dwargstof buried over $300 million worth of gold coins in 150 tin cans throughout the island of Adak, which is located in the southwestern part of the Aleutian Islands. Since then, only two cans have been found. But now the town of Adak has fewer than 50 residents and is on the brink of economic ruin. To save it, Mayor Thom Spitler has assembled a team of professionals, including geographer M. Jackson, technologist Brian Weed, equipment specialist Burke Mitchell, and fabricator Jay Toomoth, to search the inhospitable tundra for the 348 cans of gold that have yet to be discovered. But Adak island, which was home to a U.S. Naval Base until the 1990s, has significantly changed since the first coins were found. It's also riddled with live munitions, making the search extremely dangerous. Meanwhile, the expedition team only has a few months to search before the winter freezes everything over, and few clues to guide them. But they all have hopes that they'll find more of what Captain Dwargstof left behind.