Deepers Detector Blog

Dowser, Pendulum, Fairy Wand and Directional Detector

2011-02-28T14:00:00.000-08:00

Many of our friends, Latincom Club’s members and detections novices often, question us about such search tools and methods based on radio-aesthesia. We, in turn, have asked our main consultant, a trained scientist to shed a light on the fundamental principles, which would allow the above paraphernalia to indeed indicate the presence of hidden metals.

Scientific Proof

Our expert, for days, searched, in vain, a coherent scientific explanation: going over (magic) scribbles, analyzing the best studies on the subject, consulting manufacturers’ catalogs of such paraphernalia, to finally convince himself that this was nothing but nonsense. The explanations given by some, contradict others. A maze of words of libidinous conjectures and foggy interpretations… ionic perception… telluric waves… body magnetism… transcendental vibrations, to mention only the most “alluring” ones. The great master Salvador Dali did use such artifices, to subjugate his audiences through a flood of incoherent and pseudo-scientific words, to amuse and delight the public.

Having no logical explanation at our disposition, in order not to discard something that could prove to be efficient/beneficial (axiom-like speaking: perhaps not everything can be ultimately demonstrated), we proceeded to the experimental stage in order to find any validity in such devices. To do so, we acquired dowsers, pendulums and magic wand from unscrupulous vendors who, shamelessly in their respective documentation, affirm searches-parameters while ascertaining that a deposit could be found at the depth of 4 to 5 meters (15 ft)!

Tryouts

First, we drew a well marked line 30 meters long (90 ft), on a recently ploughed and raked field (lent to us by our friend Octavio), then we hid, on its trajectory, at 15 cm deep (6in), a big 25 cm diameter (10in) tin can filled with copper washers. A little further, we buried a huge bronze faucet and at the extremity (10 cm deep) a bag of 20 big silver coins. Everything was subsequently well packed down and all traces were eliminated. The experimenter (our crew member Eric Masselin) who had not participated in the burying, arrived on the premises at 10.00 a.m. We, then, asked him to pin-point the 3 targets using the probing “paraphernalia” by just following the traced trajectory. (Nothing difficult, the only thing to do was to mark the targets location on the line).

Dowser

Eric had, prior, spent many hours practicing during a few days. He started walking on the line, the two needles or twigs moved around at the wind’s whim or according to the chaotic walk of the experimenter. Fifteen minutes later, with much hesitation, Eric marked two targets (alas, far from the actual targets!).

Pendulum

In spite of having followed the “operating instructions” Eric was not able to spot any target. The pendulum oscillated in every direction without us being able to figure out why. Finally, Eric threw it out in anger.

Conclusion

You must not believe in everything, but only in the best metal detection equipment of the world known reputation.

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The Path to Gold

2011-02-20T14:00:00.000-08:00

A successful searchstory… fighting the wildernessbushes for almost two hours and the shrubs bothering me no ends… behind a rockI, eventually, heard my Deepers emitting a weak signal, I switched on to hyperfrequency (HF) to check out if I had finally spotted a target; the signalgot louder and I was now all but nerves. I started to remove some rubble,digging up a hole of about 50 cm ( ½ a yard). Not seeing anything I, oncemore, went over the hole with the elliptic head, this time the sound was muchlouder… I was getting near the target… the adrenaline flaring up. I kepton digging, finally, at about 80 cm (10”), some kind of terra-cotta lid-top appeared, I unearthed the object, it was a big simple cylindrical pot,I pulled it out of the hole, it was quite heavy, I removed the lid… overwhelmedwith joy, I discovered that it was full of gold in small nuggets-like shapelessbits, it was easy to see that the metal had been melted down. More than 3kilos(6 lbs 10 oz) in all, it was a fantastic day. I was happy an I will neverforget this moment!

For many years the richmines of Guanajuato, at the center of Mexico, have produced tons over tons ofeither gold or silver. The famous « Valenciana » mine was sorich, that its successive owners of the 16th and 18th century could claimthe coveted title of being the richest men on earth. More than 80% ofeither gold or silver circulating in Europe was from the Mexican inexhaustibleMexican lodes, in the 17th century the mine shafts were already 300 meters deepand this was done through hard work and without any modern machinery! Everything was done through manual labor… starting with the digging ofcylindrical tunnels (by pick and cold chisel), the actual ore extractionand its arduous lift up to the surface. A miner had to load, from10 to 12 times a day, 50 to 60 kilos (110 to 132 lbs) of rubble and ore throughsteep and smoky shaft due to oil- lamps’ emanations, the sole source of lightingavailable in those days. The ore was then crushed down through asuccession of millings, each time finer, until it was treated throughdecantation, passed through mercury and ultimately fire. The Valenciamine employed, on its own, hundreds of coolies (peons), poorly remunerated andwhose lives expectancy rarely went over 26 to 27 years. A harassingconvict-like job, which would not be allowed nowadays!

The precious metal, onceextracted, was meted down into ingots and stored, awaiting its transport bythe “Camino Real” (Royal Road) which would go from over mounts fromGuanajuato to San Miguel Allende in order to be routed to Mexico Cityand, finally, to Vera Cruz to be shipped to Europe via Spanish galleons ofthe “plata flota” (Silver Fleet) ; at a later date it would be shipped tothe U.S.A instead. Thieveries and lootings were common place, were it to beeither at the rich extraction, the whole and lengthy refining process or the fine metal transport. Nevertheless, the “ Bonanza” of theprecious metal was so great that the amount of the various organized lootingonly represented, according to today’s estimations, 10 to 15% of the total,treated metal, bulk-weight. Mines used to employ many guards and watchmento keep an eye on this incredible manna, renewed constantly, however theseguards and watchmen were, for the most, so corrupted that those who weresupposed to track down the thieves only augmented their numbers, this, withoutmentioning, the hierarchy or management members, who were so well organizedthat they subtilized their “dime” through subtle maneuvers andtricks of any kind. Due to constant inspections, all these ill gotten bountieswere hidden in the nearby mountains, alongside the “Camino Real”, where therespective owners could calmly retrieved them and flee, as far as possible, tofinally enjoy life, endowed with lots of money. Not to forget the convoys which were attacked and looted and which cargo was hastily hidden into smalllots corresponding to each robber, in the surrounding bushes, alongside this“gold path” nowadays deserted, having been replaced by modern highways goingthrough the valley. Hundreds of treasures still do exist in thosewilderness mounts between Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende in Mexico.

At the present, theValencia Mine is still operating being administered now as a coop. Themother lode is about 650 meter deep (over 2000 ft) where the ambienttemperature tops 55° C degrees (141°F). Time of active work is: one houron and two hours off. The vein being presently exploited yields 57 gramsof gold and 7 kilos of silver per ore ton! Just for comparison’s sake, theSalsigne mine of France yields only 4 grams of gold per ton! Mexicois unequivocally, still, the land of treasures and shall remain sofor many years to come!

Acknowledgement: Wedo thank the Valencia Mine Coop and its present personnel for the cordialwelcome they granted the entire Latincom party.

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Treasure of Apache Chief Victorio

2011-01-30T12:53:00.000-08:00

In 1929, the Spanish teacher Myrtle Love, from the town ofIsleta, New Mexico, west of Texas, who was very interested in old west history,received a phone call from the El Paso sheriff saying that there was a manunder arrest with a very interesting story to tell.

The man’s name was Race Compton and was arrested when foundsleeping in a rail road freight car. He looked like a vagabond. He told MissLove that he was going to get dynamite and excavation equipment so he could goback to an old cave that had been sealed off by the Indians and presumablyinside contained millions of dollars in gold ingots and gold coins.

Compton said “in 1859, the stage coaches were hard at worktransporting people, mail, promissory notes and some times large sums of gold.

Stations for the stage coaches were established along theregion of the Trans- Pecos for passengers and conductors to eat. One of thesestations was in Eagle Springs, Texas located at the foot of Eagle Mountain,about 15 miles south of Van Horn and 12 miles north east of Indian Hot Springs.

Big Foot Wallace was a famous adventurer and Texas Ranger.He was one of the stage coach conductors, along with Joea Peacock who was only19 but had been involved in several incidents with fugitives and Indians andhad killed a few men.

During these times, bands of Apaches were very active intheir incursions along the Texas territories. Their Chief, Victorio wascommanding the major part of these rebel Indians.

Even thou it was said that Chief Victorio was white and thathe had been kidnapped as a child from Coahuila, Mexico, he had a peculiarhatred towards the white men.

During one of the stage coach runs, the Apaches attacked andin some 20 minutes killed two passengers and one of the station attendants. Thehorses were stolen and Peacock was hurt in the leg by an arrow and takenprisoner by the Indians.

The Apaches and their prisoner rode none stop on horse backto the Tres Castillos Mountains in Chihuahua, Mexico. This is about 20 milessouth of the Rio Grand River where they felt safe from the Texas Rangers, theCalvary and the Mexican soldiers.

The prisoner’s wound was not bad, but it was taken care ofby a young Indian woman named Juanita, presumed to be Chief Victorio’sdaughter. Victorio tried to kill the prisoner several times but Juanita kepthim from it because she had fallen in love with the prisoner.

At night the young Indian woman and the white prisoner wouldget together in secret. She tried to get him to marry her, but he was verycautious for he knew that she was the only reason he was still alive.

Finally Peacock said he would marry her only if she wouldtell him were Chief Victorio had hidden the treasure. He was intrigued by whathe saw, the Indians were carrying off gold ingots probably stolen from a trainrobbery and taking them to Mexico to trade for rifles and ammunition.

Juanita told him that the gold was being stored in a cave inthe Eagle Mountains, close to were Peacock had been taken prisoner. She toldhim he could get there by going thru Hot Indian Springs. She also told him thatthe entrance was well hidden in the rocks and that he had to crawl on all foursto get in because the entrance was very small. Juanita told him that she hadgone to the cave many times with her father and that she remembered seeingdozens of gold ingots, many bags with gold coins and chests full of religiousartifacts and jewelry stashed away in the back of the cave. Her father hadmentioned to her that it would take some 50 mules to transport all that hadbeen stolen and hidden in the cave for years.

Afterwards, when Victorio and several of his warriors weretaking gold ingots to trade for guns, they were spotted by soldiers on the oldIndian path. One Indian woman was hurt and two soldiers died that day.

After this, Victorio was afraid that the location andcontents of the cave would be investigated and discovered. So they got out whatthey were going to need and sealed off the small entrance with rocks making itlook like part of the same mountain. Even so, Juanita told her lover she couldfind the entrance to the cave with no problem. That night, Peacock planned hisescape thinking that with all that he knew he could find the cave without thehelp of anyone.

Finally, one day, Victorio and his men left on an incursioninto Chihuahua, leaving only women, children and the elderly in camp. WithJuanita’s help, Peacock got a horse and water. He promised the young Indian hewould be back for her as soon as possible. The prisoner left for the mountainsand crossed the desert. After several days, he finally arrived at EagleSprings.

It is a long story. Peacock after resting, decided to beginthe search with out any luck. Probably because sometimes what one persondescribes, is not what another person sees. Discouraged, he returned to his oldjob with the stage coaches while the Indians were being eliminated by the TexasRangers and the Mexican soldiers. Finally, in the Tres Castillos Mountains, inJune of 1880, Victorio, some 60 warriors and 18 women, including Juanita, werekilled. All of those who knew of the location of the hidden cave where gone,the enormous treasure was lost.

In 1895, Peacock met Peace Compton that was a goldprospector and because of the interest of both of them for gold, the ex Apacheprisoner told him of Victorio’s cave. They spent 15 years looking for thetreasure. In 1915 Peacock died. Compton kept the ranch they had and continuedlooking for the cave, although he sometimes had to work to be able to buydynamite and food.

In the end, he told Miss Love that as soon as he got out ofjail, he would go back to the mountains to dynamite the cave he had finallyfound, approximately 5 miles east of Hot Indian Springs and south of the oldIndian path.

He described the place to be about one day on horse back, southof Sierra Blanca and a half day west of Hot Indian Springs. He added to Lovethat a torrential rainfall had removed some of the rocks that covered theentrance to the cave and that he only had to dynamite the rocks that were left.

Compton was never heard of after leaving jail. An oldresident of Sierra Blanca that had met him, said that he had died of a heartattack on his way back to the mountains and that he had been buried in SierraBlanca.

The history of the lost treasure of Victorio is still alive.Everything suggests that the gold ingots, the bags of gold coins and the chestsof jewelry are still in the mountains. What you need is a sense ofadventure, good research, patience, and last but not least, good detectionequipment.

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Gold Detection and Black Sand

2010-04-05T21:40:00.000-07:00

There are several methods to search for the native gold (in dust or nuggets) alongside the rivers.

1. You can randomly stumble upon a deposit by moving tons of sand with your shovel and pickaxe, or slowly pass it through a gold pan or a more sophisticated sluice box. After a day of intense work, you might be lucky to retrieve a few grams of this precious metal.

2. You can also prospect for big gold nuggets with a good metal detector. However, it might take a long time and, most importantly, it is necessary for the gold to exist in the river in the first place, which is not always the case. It might take weeks before you find something.

3. Another, more efficient and effective method is not to look for gold itself, but for the magnetic Black Sand.

That latter method allows for a higher payoff and is less strenuous. We recommend using the magnetometers, especially the popular MAG 505, the most affordable and efficient magnetometer of all. In fact, it is much easier to detect the concentrations of Black Sand for its strong magnetic field than gold itself.

The concentrations of Black Sand are most commonly found on the paths of the rivers or the streams that transport the minerals off the ancient volcanic mountains. If the river is naturally gold bearing, one can find large concentrations of gold mixed with the Black Sand. One of the records of a large concentration of natural gold over 100 kg found within the Black Sand was made in French Guiana. For that reason, this above-mentioned method is the most practical of all in searches for gold in rivers.

The MAG 505

Metal detecting is the easiest way to prospect for gold in areas that are new to you.

The technology in the last decade has mushroomed making detectors cheap, precise, and lightweight. In addition, the energy requirements have dropped drastically. Most detectors now have automatic ground balancing so you can virtually turn it on and go. The latest and most effective technology is the hypersensitive two-flux gate magnetometer the MAG 505 from Deepers Detector Company:

http://deepers.com/English/Mag505.eng.html
http://deepers-detector.com/English/MAG_Description.html

Note: If you are working with a VLF detector, do not use discrimination option. Your target is not gold (unless you search only for large nuggets near the surface) your target should be the Black Sand. The best detector for this work is a magnetometer MAG 505 from Deepers Detector Company.

To use MAG 505 in searches for gold, you must first look for a likely area for gold to accumulate. Look for things located downstream of the apex of the inside bend of the wash. When water flows around the curve, it is restricted and tends to speed up until it reaches the point of the curve where it can begin to expand again and tends to slow down, dropping Black Sand and hopefully gold long the way.

To increase your odds a bit, now that you have found the perfect curve to check, find and remove a boulder and/or detect around the area of its origin. Pay special attention to the area downstream of the boulder. Treat any obstruction to the smooth flow of water around the inside bend as a potential gold trap. A boulder, gravel bar, elevation change, or even a gap along the flow will create a vortex on the downstream side of the irregularity. The vortex, no matter its size, will trap gold if gold was present during the times of water flow.

What we want is the Black Sand, which is a certain indicator that heavy stuff lies here. Using MAG 505 will allow you to detect small changes in ground conductivity and locate the large deposits of Black Sand. Discrimination will remove the response to Black Sand and reduce the sensitivity to gold as well, so do not use it. Dig up the area that the detector indicates all the way down to bedrock and pan or dry wash it as usual. With a little luck, you will find the gold.

TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION

GOLD IS HEAVY AND IS ALWAYS FOUND ON THE BEDROCK

Gold is extremely heavy, six or seven times heavier than rock, and, therefore, it settles on the bottom of the gold bearing streams. The key word here is “bottom”. Gold's excessive weight forces it down-downhill, downstream, down into the sands and gravel, down into bedrock cracks and crevices, and down in your sluice box or gold pan. Gold is assisted in its downward movement by wind, rain, earth tremor, rockslide and agitation. Once gold settles on the creek bed, it will sift downward through the lighter sand and gravel. Because of its weight, it will continue to sink until it reaches bedrock, where it will become trapped in crevices and such.

WATER VELOCITY

Because gold has a tendency to sink, it will concentrate wherever the creek slows down or loses sufficient velocity to drag it further. In other words, if gold is dragged down a mountainside to a deep, motionless pool, it will immediately sink to the bottom. The first principle of prospecting, then, is to search where the flow of water decreases.

Therefore, pay special attention to the edges of whirlpools, at the tail of eddies, beneath waterfalls and in deeper pools. Fine gold is usually found in the shallow areas, and coarse gold in the deeper areas. A popular misconception is that all nuggets sink immediately to the bottom at, or near, its source. This is generally true, but depends a great deal upon the size of the nugget and the flow of the water. For example, a stream flowing at only one-half mile per hour can lift and carry gravel about the size of a pea. At five miles per hour, stones the size of cannon balls will tumble freely. When the velocity is slightly greater than 20 miles per hour, boulders that weigh nearly a ton can be moved gradually. In addition, during spring run-off, the velocity is often much greater than this.

OBSTRUCTIONS

Gold tends to be deposited at any point where obstructions hinder or halt its progress. Large rocks beneath the surface act as natural riffles and can accumulate rich pockets of placer gold. Likewise, a fallen tree trunk or other natural obstruction will impede the gold's progress, causing it to sink. If a tree trunk, embankment or other obstruction projects from the bank into the current, a vortex is likely to form. It is in these deep pools that many of the richest "glory holes" have been found. However, these pools are usually deep, and may be accessible only through the use of scuba gear, underwater dredges, and the like.

SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS

Again, due to its weight, gold tends to take the shortest route as it is carried downstream. It therefore deposits on the inside of bends and curves in its journey. Then, as these areas tend to lose velocity, the gold sinks to the bottom. Quite often the suspended sand, silt, iron and gold particles will build up until a small drift of sand is formed.

This type of deposit is easily recognizable above or below water, and has accounted for many of the famous “11 gold bars" of past history. The strike at Hills Bar, near Hope in 1858, which touched off the B.C. gold rush, yielded nearly $2 million. Unfortunately, you cannot make much money trying to pan these sandbars. Even a professional gold panner would have a hard time. You will save yourself a lot of wasted effort, sore muscles and discouragement.

BLACK SAND

Black Sand Iron pyrites and Gold

Iron pyrites and Black Sands are good indications of gold. When these are spotted it is always a smart idea to prospect. Black Sands are heavier than surrounding sand and settle much in the same manner as does gold. Therefore, if Black Sands are present, you can be assured that conditions are favorable for placer gold deposits. However, since this principle was well known to early prospectors, it is almost certain that the most obvious Black Sands have already been panned. If this proves to be the case, modern technology may be very useful. A metal detector or a magnetometer can determine the presence of gold and Black Sand deposits beneath the surface, which went undetected by earlier prospectors. Some people search for small nuggets with a metal detector, and many have been successful. However, if you intend to encounter something bigger, more valuable and worth your time, use a magnetometer such as MAG 505, which has proven its efficiency and effectiveness in searches on the land and underwater (the coil is submersible, the electronic box is not).

ANCIENT STREAMBEDS

Over the tens of thousands of years that lodes were being broken up and deposited in streams, the entire topography of the surrounding area was changing. Massive landslides and titanic upheavals frequently dammed up rivers and streams, forcing the water to find alternate routes. When this happened, the former streambeds were left high and dry, and these often contained much-concentrated gold, as can be confirmed by the following example.

During the Cariboo gold rush, two strolling Chinese miners discovered a large area of gold-bearing land just north of Quesnel. China Cut, as the discovery was named, is estimated to have produced nearly $1 million. The discovery was made along the course taken by the Fraser River during the Tertiary era, 70 to three million years ago, and high above the present level. China Cut and the Tertiary Mine, 9 miles north of Quesnel, are the only two places yet discovered where the present Fraser River cuts through the ancient Tertiary riverbed.

So, always be on the lookout for signs of an ancient or dried-up streambed, as it could produce gold beyond your wildest dreams. In fact, if a major new placer discovery were to be found today, it undoubtedly would occur in an ancient, unmined riverbed!

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Treasure hunting tips: Detecting Gold, Silver and Hidden Coins

2010-03-31T09:57:00.000-07:00

Generally the Pulse Induction detectors are very sensitive to the presence of ferrous metals (magnetic) and they are less sensitive to other metals. To satisfy our clients, we have incorporated into our Deepers' detectors a Drop Gold-Silver Electronic System that minimizes the prevailing presence of ferrous metals and maximizes the search depth detection for localizing gold, silver, bronze and cooper (and other good electrical conductors).

Strength of the Deepers

Several conducted tests indicate that a little silver chest (5 x 3 x 5 inches), the Deepers MF and Deepers X5 with the hypersensitive search coil, can easily detect when buried at 26 inches in the ground, as well as detect the coins buried at a depth of over 15 inches. The efficiency is unequaled by any other detector on the market, whether it is the VLF or the PI detectors. The Deepers are incomparable.

General characteristics in detection

Plates, ornaments, funeral masks and other objects embossed or chiseled out of gold, silver, copper and any of their alloys, will be detected very well. The Deepers have become the preferred detectors used by professional treasure hunters and archaeologists in countries such as North America, Europe, Columbia, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Venezuela, Guatemala, Mexico and 25 other countries around the world.

Hidden coins are relatively easy to find because the volume of the total mass is taken into account by the detector…it is much better if a chest or pot is broken and the coins are dispersed. Gold and silver ingots are great targets that can be detected even if they are very deeply buried (many treasures have been found around the world with our equipments).

Antique bronze statues can be detected and recognized very easily with the headsets because it gives off a specific threshold. Many archaeologists can confirm this (a roman statue was found 85 inches deep in the ground with the Deepers Search Loop and a deposit of axes, an antique necklace and other bronze objects that date back to the third century before Christ where discovered at 64 inches deep in the Rhone Valley in France.

You should take into account that to find a gold or silver necklace will be very difficult due to the fact that the detector picks up each link by itself… as if the detector was seeing one link at a time. Gold veins (nuggets or speckles of gold at the bottom of a geological crack or deposit) will be localized with success using an elliptic search coil (work must be done carefully to distinguish the echoes). Veins are detected up to 3 ½ yards deep with a super sensitive 1 x 1mt. search loop, you can even follow the direction of the vein from above. To appropriately adjust for gold, silver or copper and their alloys, we recommend working with Deepers MF or Deepers X5 with the knobs on the red dots for maximum strength. The Deepers have a Drop Gold-Silver system that is factory adjusted to always get the best sensitivity for noble metals such as gold or silver. There are no better detectors on the market.

Searches in walls

For searching in old walls, of tunnels, crypts, caverns, ancient houses or mansions, we highly recommend using the super sensitive wand coil specially designed for these cases (optional). This wand coil permits precisely determining the place and form of the target, much like an x-ray would. Pass the wand coil parallel to the wall to be explored, the targets will be found when there is a permanent threshold heard in the headsets or from the speaker while passing over the hidden metal. Depending on the threshold heard, you can recognize the target found and determine its form, whether a nail, a tube… a round shape or rectangular shape which could be a hidden chest with many valuable thing inside.

Never forget: valuable treasures are always buried deep in the ground. Statistics show that over 85% of the treasures that are found are buried between 24 to 48 inches deep. The Pulse Induction Detectors are ideal and indispensable for these kinds of serious and deep searches (treasure chests, war loot, plunderers loot, arms, hidden coins, gold, silver, bronze and hidden jewelry are waiting…).

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Expedition Laperouse

2010-02-05T22:45:00.000-08:00

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: