Treasure from the La Trompeuse
 
     
   
 
Above: Cutlass from site.
  
   
 
Above: Slave Shackles, onion bottle and flintlock rifle were three artifacts found on site.
  
   
  Above: Mitchen with bronze bicep bracelet described in the book. In the book the bracelet was Captain Hamlyn's.  
     
 
After arriving at the ocean floor, Mitchen, after years of difficult work locating the sunken pirate treasure ship site, located a variety of items from the La Trompeuse.
 
   
 

Lost Treasure as it appears on the ocean floor.

 
     
 

Mitchen and Kopp also discovered a French fleet that wrecked in 1678 on Aves Island off the Venezuelan coast. Throughout the exploration they were searching for shipwreck debris including cannons that were common on a war ship fleet. Mitchen will often select a uniquely shaped object such as a cannon to search for first due to its unique size and shape. While this may help aid an explorer the professional still has their work cut out for them. Often, treasure and items from a shipwreck are covered with incrustations or are buried several feet below silt and sand. It's nearly impossible to see treasure without special equipment, extensive diving and exploration experience.

 
 
Mitchen detecting the ocean floor.
  
   
 
Dagger from La Trompeuse site.
  
   
  A bronze bicep bracelet that was discovery on the La Trompeuse which sank in 1683.  
 

Professional treasure hunter, Scott Mitchen, and partner Tony Kopp evaluate magnetometer readings where they found the La Trompeuse buried deep in thick silt and sediment.

  
 

Recoveries from Other Treasure Sites
  
     
 

Mitchen, known worldwide for his discovery of giant virgin logs in Great Lakes and founder of Timeless Timber, American WetWood L.L.C. and International Explorations (based in Ashland, WI) believes that these logs, cut as long as 250 years ago, are just as exciting as discovering gold and silver.

  
 
Mitchen as he inspects ancient timber discovered in the depths of Lake Superior.
  
     
 

Mitchen and Kopp also discovered a French fleet that wrecked in 1678 on Aves Island off the Venezuelan coast.Throughout the exploration they were searching for cannons that were believed to be on the ship. Mitchen will often select a uniquely shaped object such as a cannon to search for first due to its unique size and shape. While this may help aid an explorer the professional still has their work cut out for them. Often, treasure and items from a shipwreck are covered with crustations or are buried several feet below silt and sand. It's nearly impossible to see treasure without special training and/or extensive diving and exploration experience.

 
  Featured above is the author next to one of the cannons off of one of the French fleet’s ships. Again, sophisticated Garrett detection equipment helps in the exploration.  
     
 

 

  
 


Treasure Museum in Ashland Wisconsin

  
   
   
     
 

 

  
  Copyright 2010. Will of the Pirates.