Paul Popper

Image Not Available for Dredging buckets on the 'Karimata' as they are being lifted out of the water

Image Not Available for There still may be a lot of gold in the 'Lutine' wreck, but in this picture it looks as if even the surface of the water is covered with the metal. The 'Karimata' taken from another boat.

Image Not Available for A panoramic view of Terschelling with the Karimata in the far distance.

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 The ship 'Karimata' floats on the surface of the water which looks like sparkling gold.

Image Not Available for A panoramic view of Terschelling with the Karimata in the far distance.

Image Not Available for The beautiful harbour of Terschelling.

Image Not Available for Dredging buckets on the 'Karimata' as they are being lifted out of the water.

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