Dreams dictionary: Shovel

Dreams dictionary: Interpretation 1
To see a shovel in your dream suggests that you are seeking knowledge, insight, and inner intellect. You are on a quest for a new understanding of your true Self. Alternatively, a shovel means that you are trying too hard in finding the truth to a problem.
Dreams dictionary: Interpretation 2
To dream that a shovel is broken indicates that you are frustrated with work.
Dreams dictionary: Miller Dream Interpretation
To see a shovel in a dream, signifies laborious but withal pleasant work will be undertaken. A broken or old one, implies frustration of hopes.