One of the greatest mysteries in the history of the French Navy, is Vanikoro, a tiny island in the Solomon Archipelago in the South Pacific off the coast of Australia. Since 1788 (just a year before the French Revolution of 1789) here lies two ship wrecks of the La Perouse Expedition (the Astrolabe and the Boussole). How two of those flawlessly constructed frigates and operated by expert sailors sunk together, in one place? What happened to the commander Earl Jean-Francois de Galaup de Laperouse, all the sailors and scientists of the time who participated in this epic expedition? Have they built a camp on this island? Have they been able to leave on a makeshift raft? The most important question is what happened to the riches that were on the board of the ships, including the 20,000 gold Louis in a safe to finance the expedition.
Our good friend - professional treasure hunter Jean Claude Tranape was in charge of the detection team, outfitted by the latest at the moment Deepers Detector equipment such as Deepers MF, Deepers 7, Magnetometer MAG 505 and others. The Deepers equipment was chosen for its quality, effectiveness and simplicity of use in very difficult local conditions.
Jean Tranape (left) and Alain Chatillon (right)
Places of the shipwrecks: Passage de Vanikoro, just before the passage of Bruat
Details about the Vanikoro Island.
The highest point on the island is over 700 meters (2,300 ft), high enough to reach and detain the clouds. Due to the abundance in rain, the nature is flourishing and green. Conducting a research in this area is particularly dangerous and difficult due to its actively changing environment. The only way to penetrate the humus (decomposed organic matter) and other mineralized soils is with a Pulse Induction detector, such as those manufactured by Deepers.
Here are some of the exclusive photos from this exciting expedition:
Unfortunatly, we are not able to post all the finds from this expidition, due to their importance, but we are hoping to do so in the future.© 2009 Copyright by Deepers Detector, All rights reserved
Unfortunatly, we are not able to post all the finds from this expidition, due to their importance, but we are hoping to do so in the future.© 2009 Copyright by Deepers Detector, All rights reserved
