Paul Popper

Image Not Available for Name-boards of three French ships which sank about the same time as the 'Lutine' near the very dangerous coast of the island of Terschellinger Sandbanks in the northern Netherlands.

Image Not Available for Tremendous hoisting apparatus aboard the ship 'Karimata' which lowers or lifts the dredging buckets in or out of the water. The "Karimata" is looking for the "Lutine" gold.

Image Not Available for Interesting front stone called 'The Watching Eye' which has been built into the wall of a house at Terschelling. At the moment the 'eye' is looking at the 'Karimata' which lays right in front of it.

Image Not Available for One of the beaches on which many parts of perished ships are still to be found

Image Not Available for The spillway of the tremendous gold and tin dredging machine, which takes the water and other unused substances back into the sea.

Image Not Available for The ship 'Karimata' floats on the surface of the water which looks like sparkling gold.

Image Not Available for The beautiful harbour of Terschelling.

Image Not Available for Hoisting apparatus aboard the Karimata which lowers or lifts the dredging buckets into or out of the water

Image Not Available for On some of the very old Terschellinger houses, one can find the name-boards of some of the ships which sunk in the very dangerous waters of the Terschellinger Sandbanks, an island of northern Netherlands.

Image Not Available for Two old inhabitants in front of their ancient house, seem to be quite optimistic about the chance of gold being found in the 'Lutine'.

Image Not Available for Some of the houses in Terschelling are 400 to 500 years old and the inhabitant of this house in particular knows many of the details of the 'Lutine' sinking as his Great, Great, Great Grandfather was a witness to the disaster.

Image Not Available for Lamphouse of the world famous lighthouse 'Brandaris' which dates from 1350, and from which the 'Lutine' was last seen before she sunk.