Diving to find a sunken boat in Lam River, found a strange object suspected to be an antique

In recent days, people in Van Do hamlet, Hung Son block, Nam Dan town have been buzzing about the fact that Mr. Nguyen Van Nam (32 years old) - a resident in the hamlet has just recovered a strange object from Lam river.

Mr. Nguyen Van Nam and the strange object suspected to be an antique found under the Lam River. Photo: Huy Thu

According to Mr. Nam, on the morning of June 10, he and some local people organized a dive under the Lam River at Voi Mountain, bordering Nam Dan and Thanh Chuong to search for a sunken fishing boat of local people.

The strange object is about 10 cm in diameter. Photo: Huy Thu

While diving in the river, Mr. Nam touched a strange, round, thin object like a plate lying in the mud and sand, so he brought it to the surface of the river. People on the riverbank all came to see. Afterwards, Mr. Nam brought the strange object home to keep.

Mr. Nguyen Van Dung (38 years old) in Van Do hamlet, Hung Son block, who participated in diving in Lam river to find the boat with Mr. Nam that day, said: Nam found that object in the river before the boat was recovered, I went to see.

The top of the strange object has a knob with a decorative pattern around it... Photo: Huy Thu

Through observation, the strange object is greenish brown in color, suspected to be made of copper, about 10 cm in diameter, about 0.3 cm thick, weighs about 300g, one flat side, one rough side with a handle in the middle, surrounded by many concentric circles, embossed with images of 3 animals and decorated with many beautiful patterns, with a faded line of Chinese characters.

Mr. Nam said that this object was salvaged from the bottom of Lam River, about 20m deep. This section of the river is about 500m upstream from Tram Mot Temple, near the Gang River mouth. Local people have also salvaged many strange objects here in the past. Last year, a group of people from other provinces came here to dive for antiquities in the river.

One side of the strange object is quite flat. Photo: Huy Thu

"When I touched it in the river, I felt something strange so I picked it up without knowing what it was, I had never seen it before" - Nam said.

Since the day the strange object was found in the river, many curious people have come to Mr. Nam’s house to see it, including antique collectors. Some antique experts believe that this is an ancient mirror.

It is known that mirrors appeared thousands of years ago. In ancient times, mirrors were made of metal, wood... Under the feudal regime, mirrors were familiar objects of beauties, rich people, and the aristocracy.

In Vietnam, ancient mirrors have been discovered in ancient tombs and archaeological sites in many localities such as Hai Duong, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Binh Thuan, Thanh Hoa...