Earn millions every day while diving to 'pick up iron' at the bottom of Nghi Thiet sea
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(Baonghean.vn) - A group of fishermen in Nghi Thiet dived 18m deep to 'pick up iron' from the seabed to earn millions of dong every day. A lot of iron fell into the sea during the construction of Nghi Thiet Wharf (Nghi Loc-Nghe An).
Over the past year, during the construction of the 2,000-meter-long Nghi Thiet Wharf extending out to sea in Nghi Thiet (Nghi Loc-Nghe An), due to the complex terrain, a lot of steel has fallen into the sea. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen
Watch Video of fishermen diving and finding a lot of iron at the bottom of Nghi Thiet sea
A group of fishermen with good diving skills carefully surveyed the sea area where Nghi Thiet Wharf was being constructed. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen
The best divers are equipped with oxygen tanks before diving into the sea to search for iron. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen
With the help of oxygen hoses, each Nghi Thiet digger can stay on the seabed for tens of minutes to find and locate iron. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen
The result after dozens of minutes of diving to "pick up iron" at the bottom of the sea. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen
There are 4-5m long i-shaped iron beams found on the seabed, at a depth of about 18m. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen
Many oysters have stuck to the iron bars and fallen into the sea. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen
The group of divers were lucky today when they found more than 500 kg of iron at the bottom of the sea. Mr. H., a diver, said: "Today we caught so much iron, if we sold it, we could get 1 million VND/quintal. But there are days when we dive forever and still can't find any iron...". Photo: Nguyen Nguyen
In recent days, there have been many groups of fishermen diving to find fallen iron in the Nghi Thiet Wharf area. They usually have 4 or more people to support each other. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen