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Proof That The Vikings Sailed To Maine?
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- Please join me Billy and Thor as we journey out to an island off of the coast of Maine to investigate a rock that has many Indian petroglyphs inscribed on it. In this video, we explain how this rock was discovered by one of Billy friends some decades ago and I show to the best of my ability the pietroglyphs on the rock. One in particular that is most interesting is a depiction of a square masted sailing ship with high upturned bow and stern, PLUS a rows of oars!
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If you pour water over the rock it will define the drawings much better
Pretty dang cool. It's out now. Good looking out.
You might really be onto something there.
I think so, could be a marker like you said to watch out for the wierd looking people that come there
I don't know about Vikings in Maine but the Sasquatch are there and I just spotted one @1:04 just under the brim of your hat in the background and in front of a big tree trunk. Just saying Chigg.. 🤷♂️
"and his other brother Daryl"......LOL...LOL.....Capt Billy missed it altogether but he plays along from time to time. Very funny !!
If you get the joke, it shows your age.
I literally came to the comments. Goodness, Chigg's humor is my type.
I thought I would be the only one to get it..
Larry, Daryl and Darrell , hi Bob !!
@@waynelutwiniak797 Let a young buck in on the joke
Hey Chigg long time listener first time caller. There's a gentleman in Minnesota named Scott Walters had a show on History channel a couple years ago.
This is right up his alley.
I believe he was either here or a site much like it.
America Unearthed is the name of the show.
WOLTER
Would love a follow up video if you find out more about the rock.
Definitely!
WOW! If those etchings are authentic; history will need to be rewritten. It's known that the Vikings have been/explored North America and well further north into Nova Scotia. Please contact someone in the know of such things and do a follow-up. The adventures never end, thank you Chigg and Cap'n Billy 👍🤔😁🖖
yeah because everyone knows the injuns had steel marlin spikes to draw onto stone with , urine idiot
@@carmineredd1198 Damn....Rude much?
Frank, look up the "Red Ochre people "
Robert Sephr.
They have footage from the 70's and they were Deep Sea fishing (Swordfish) !
They were Pre-Viking, Norway/Sweden,
@@jasonshumate6456 They used dug-out canoes not Longboats
I LOVE THESE ! The three of you guys together is gold. Make way more videos of this time together. No matter how mundane
Wow. You should try to show some of these shots to a local university or museum
Is that your car
Piss on them. They are afraid of anything that goes against what they think they already know.
@@MrThenry1988 not true at all.
Definitely get in touch with the Historical Society so there is some kind of record of it...... way cool !!!!! Thanx Chigg for another great AQUACHIGGER ADVENTURE see ya on the next
@13:12 looks like a variation of the Web of Wyrd (Norse symbol representing interconnectivity of the universe and fate) @13:36 looks like a Kolovrat symbol in the middle of a spiral (or single triskele) and @13:40 looks very much like a Sun Cross. The rest of the engravings look like they could be telling a story using a pictographic style, and some of the other linear engravings look like they could be runic combinations which also might give some context to the creator(s). Someone mentioned that there was a coin found that could be related to king Olaf Kyrre of 11th century Norway, and that's kind of coincidental since some of the possible runic writing seems to represent the sounds "Eh," "Laf," "Ka," and "Yr" which would roughly translate to Olaf Kyrre.
agreed that symbol @13:40 looks almost identical to the sun cross
That is what I thought it was is a triskele or possibly a coiled rattlesnake.
Armchair Historian/Anthropologist here (still a significant amount of college). Those are very interesting, and it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility for it to be Norse. Vikings first came to (what is now) the Province of Newfoundland and called it "Vinland". Newfoundland is just North of Maine and there may have been trade with Natives, or a Viking with a hole in his pocket, as the "Goddard Coin", the only pre-Columbus artifact from the Norse in America, was actually found in Maine. As for the carvings their selves, well, the location is certainly on point, and Vikings weren't strangers to graffiti (I'm talking to you, Halfdan), also note how close to the water the carvings are. Possible port area? I'd have to check out the coast to be more sure on that one, but it certainly seems plausible. The carvings themselves for sure look Viking, the shield, the "longship" etc. Very basic but certainly reminiscent. I can't really see the figure with the "head-dress", but look out for "viking horn helmet", that was never a thing back then, and was popularized with the Operas of Richard Wagner. Some of those marking look like Runes (elder Futhark? That looks like a "Dagas", maybe "Gebo" rune, overlapping in a "binding" pattern). I'd love to check out that location. You should break out the detector around there. I know I would.
Again, this is all speculative.
I’ll be looking forward to an update on this discovery!
i watched a program here in the uk about 2 weeks ago and it was about they now had proof that the Vikings had made it to the us and had got as far as north Carolina.
It's certainly plausible. The North Eastern US and adjoining Canadian Provinces aren't all that far from Europe.
Captain Billy is a great host, really enjoy the series Beau!
4:02 That is 100% a viking longboat. The image looks to me like someone had a good look at a longboat and carved it in that rock. I do not believe it's from some native scout, but it's more likely that a actual ship was there in peace and a native American drawn that. Vikings and the Native Americans did trade with each other in other parts of the country, so I see no reason why that didn't happen in this location. Also for Maine it would be rather likely that the Vikings did in fact visit the shores as they did manage to go as far south as North Carolina at least. Probably further.
4:27 Look closer, it looks a skull in that spiral, dead center. I can see a lot more shapes you missed. I would need to see this in person to really document it all.
4:34 That looks like a viking shield almost.
I think I noticed a few runic signs from the runic alfabet, but with the camera wiggling around so much and not really giving a clear image I can't really say whether it is the case or not. Or for that matter if they are what they may be saying.
Beau, I want you to contact me on here and give me all pictures you have. I will try to figure it out as I think these are at least 3 people carving things in that rock and not all are Native American from what I can tell. I have a feeling this was a trading hub of some kind or used to contact the locals. Which it seems trying to communicate by using that rock. I would very strongly advice to get in the specialists as this is a confirmed site for Viking activity with locals. This spot MUST be protected right away and they MUST take this VERY seriously. I am 1 million procent sure this is a extremely important site. DO NOT TOUGH ANYTHING THERE! Leave it for the pro's and their efforts.
For dating things, well that could proof more difficult. Around 985 AD Greenland was occupied by the Vikings, so it should be after that at least. Although there are earlier dates mentioned going a 100 years from that point. The viking era would be up to 1104 at least, so between those dates at least you could have this meeting near this rock.It could be later as the vikings were at least doing trips to the America's up to 1250 when it started to go real bad for even Iceland (mini ice age causing ships to get stuck more often causing the supply ships to get stuck pretty much)
13:08 Just right of the mast, that looks like a figure standing there. head torso and left arm visible. If you look closely on the sail, you can actually see runes! This ship must have had some form of runic text on it's sails which was obviously rather uncommon. I can't really make out what it says, I tried a few things to see if I could get it more cleared but it still doesn't really make sense so far. I can tell there is at least 1 line with runes, perhaps 2 or 3. But again, can't really see it correctly.
The 'fish' is most likely a whale, it seems to have a similar mouth like one.
13:56 Front that photo I think we can clearly see that there was no longboat being dragged up there any time soon. no reason to get up a high bank like that and it's too shallow there. It could however be possible that they had a smaller row boat like thing with them. I however would doubt it unless they would be camped not too far away.
Water level could’ve been much higher back then
Captain Cook used longboats. Standard British boats. Vikings my arse.
hay guys,research in Newfoundland Canada has already proved that the vikings had landed in North America ,the person doing the research is named Sarah Parcak of the University of Alabama at Birmingham,contact this person
@Chad Klaren ok where do I learn the facts of this information? I agree that history books leave much to be desired having said that I've never heard white people where here first. Where do I learn more about this possible history? Where do I find the white settlements that must be left from their settlement?
I wrote a Facebook message to her.
I hope others will write to her in different ways. I expect we'll need many requests to garner attention. She seems very very busy.
@@julzmgrforll7278 if you're interested in lost and esoteric histories of the world, check out Atlantean Gardens on youtube. Robert Sepehr covers hundreds of interesting topics, including the 1st peoples in America.
Look into Clovis vs Solutrean arrowheads too.
Very, very interesting. Makes you really think. Are they different? Are the from the same people? Who knows!
Chad Klaren I would love learn about these peoples that came to American even before the Native Americans were here. I love finding new truth and proving others wrong. Help me find the truth about how America began please.
It helps, too, that Sarah Parcak likely knows the area, and history, and legends of the area. She's from this area.
I think the Oak Island crew would like to see some of the Maine shore history and structures in your videos. Very interesting!
I was thinking the same.
Chicks this is quite possibly the most interesting find you have posted yet it's history-changing
Very cool vid Aquachigger! Much enjoyed it! GL&HH
Seems to me there was some gal investigating Viking sites in New Brunswick a couple of years ago too, near the Miramichi, where several of my family branches are from. She was looking for Hop, using the old Viking saga's and maps or some such. This is sure worth investigating further Chigg and getting the right folks to look at it. This is really awesome! Thank you Captain Billy!
I think the first nation authorities should be contacted as soon as possible. It could be very important and must be protected so it can be professionally investigated. Great video yet again sir!, thank you! ;-)x
Beau, if you take flour and wipe it over the rock, those images will POP out and you will see the images very clearly, and it does no harm to anything. We do this with old headstones in cemeteries , that we are trying to find our families that cannot be read, and it works perfect ,again with no harm to anything it just washes off.
That would likely contaminate the material for any future dating techniques. It would in fact likely wash off but with something so significant I wouldn't even touch it with a finger.
Not true, it's a method used for a long time, time tested, it's ONLY flour, do your research before commenting on something you know nothing about.
The lichen growth would give some idea of how long these have been around. Fascinating. The Portuguese were fishing the Grand Banks before Columbus sailed to find spices.
There are similar rock carvings and rock paintings elsewhere, as well as plenty of hard evidence the Norse sailed around/down the coast. There also is Anse Du Meadows and another Norse site on Canada's east coast, not to mention other sites inland in Manitoba. They had sailed down from Hudson's Bay through our river systems/lakes and likely eventually ended up in Minnesota.
The "boat from up top" at 6:14 is a mi'kmaq vulva petroglyph. There's one in Newfound like that and one in Bedford nova scotia. That's a very significant shaman petroglyph!
Wow that’s amazing you should look at it at night and use a flashlight on an angel that would make those symbols really pop out. Great find !!!!
Could you please follow up with this? I would thoroughly enjoy hearing the history, if possible, and knowing it's preserved without any more modern vandalism. Wow, Chigg. Inspirational doesn't even describe the impact you have, to me. Thank you, so much, for what you do.
yeah, I think somebody needs to see that. That's history right there. They might be able to figure something out from those. Good video. Stay safe.
These look like general graffito from some early explorer. Vellum and paper products were incredibly valuable, rare and often only seen by the highest classes. Rock and rock shards were used by many cultures to write and sketch…This is amazing!! I really wonder why the Vikings never settled this land permanently …
Big thing to do would be to check for associated artifacts around the rock. Usually there will always be some type of stone tools discarded in the area.
Lief Erickson came here long before Columbus.
Yeah through Canada but maybe he hit the east coast too.
Experts have thought that the Vikings went south down the East coast but I’m pretty sure they’ve never been able to prove it
Leif traveled the St. Laurence Seaway and on into the Great Lakes. 😏 Heh... Funny what sticks in your head from a special report I made (50?+) years ago for a history class. I remember being quite proud of what I considered a tremendous test of exploration! Columbus WHO?
Not "test"! FEAT!
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-vikings-a-memorable-visit-to-america-98090935/
And then there is the “Maine Penny”.
Vinland=North America/Canada.
Gårdarike=Russia
Särkland = Arabia+Greece. (Bysantine)
Miklagård=Konstantinopel.
Väringagardet= Viking tropps hired as the bysantine emperors bodyguards.
High bows, oars, AND a single sail. That's exactly what a viking ship looks like.
All of those designs are also on the winnipasaukee egg. The spiral, the moth shape, the high tipped boat with oars. Same exact designs
Those pictographs are some of the coolest things I've ever seen on You Tube!! Undocumented finds like that are rare, very cool!! Those definitely need to be looked at by experts. Really enjoyed this Chig, thanks for sharing!
Would love to detect that area for sure, never know what your going to find. Thanks for sharing.
One of the best vids yet !!
Wow Chigg, that was awesome!
Awesome history chigg!
It definitely needs to be looked at. Apparently they can tell how long it's been there by the lichen that grows on the rock.
Lichen.
@@ulfullring3936 whatever 🙄
Yeah, you need to get people out there to investigate this. Could change history. Keep us updated on this :)
You need low-light-angle-photography for those carvings. If you carry a filming light shade the area with a tarp from sunlight (get two people to hold it up) then use your light at a very low angle from the side. Sweep the light around from different directions and take loads of shots. Don;t just use one angle, you may need to build up a composite photo (so use a tripod to make sure the camera doesn't move,
Use powerful light and use it form a few feet to make sure that one side of the shot isn't way too bright compared to the other (inverse square law, light falloff etc etc)
Or use sinrise/sunset (though that's only two angles of course, but it dones;t need lights or a tarp
SUPER cool find chig! You better keep us updated on this, you are the right guy to get info on it!
I'd love to uncover more of that rock and look around for more markings. If there is one carving, my gut tells me that that person did that other places too!
The Vikings were within America-Continent in:
Greenland
Baffin-Island
Newfoundland
New-Brunswick
Maybe in:
Labrador
Maine('Maine Penny')
Virginia
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
near the Great Lakes
awesome video chig....love listening to those maine guys talking..in their heavy accent is cool....occasionally it sounds like they turn into Englishmen with the way they pronounce certain words...so cool, definitely would be cool to see an expert in hieroglyphs to check out that rock art..........looks old....if it is norse...or Scandinavian, then there could be viking treasure right on that coastal shoreline somewhere....very cool
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Very significant evidence carved on that rock! The Vikings did sail down the Eastern coast of North America and began settlements which did not last. This could very well be one of those places.
Those look like significant indigenous carvings and recordings. Definitely should be getting archaeologists to look at them and make impressions to save them and letting the local tribe know. Thanks for sharing!
I live in an area with a lot of petroglyphs. You can see more if you photograph when the sun is at low angles to the surface. Or go during early morning or late afternoon and shine a flashlight or laser pointer across the surface to highlight features that may be obscured by weathering and lichens.
The vikings were in Newfoundland, not a big leap so see them in Maine. This site should definitely have some scientists examine and document it.
Wow that's over my head!! Yes get someone involved that has the knowledge. I'm invested now! I want answers too!
Those spiral carvings are common in the southwest, and could help date that. I believe they mark solstices or symbolize the sun or water. I think it definitely adds credence to the authenticity of the site. The circle with the cross in it looks like maybe a viking or celtic shield.
" I can't understand a word he says" chiggs you make me laugh a lot man, I appreciate it.
Whats up chigg nation, anthropologist, fellow detectorist here. Not an expert on the region but spirals and crosses in a hoop representing the four cardinal directions are common themes in Native American rock art and pictographs. Definitely carved by Indigenous people, and very well could depict vikings. Would be cool to get a local expert to check it out.
I have heard American Indians have had contact and mixed blood with Vikings in the eastern US, the Lichen growth can tell you the age of the carvings if you get someone out there! I'm really excited about this find keep on it man.
Fingers crossed it has significant impact on our history!!! Awesome video Beau! Thanks for sharing it with us! Be safe and HH⛏🎧
I know there is a group researching Vikings in America. They would love to see that! They could date it and stuff. There is also a show out about it now too. They are finding evidence for it too. It’s interesting.
Billy really needs to get someone out there to look at that. Thank you for sharing that with us. God bless
I have watched your stuff for years even some of the euro ( bleep). I have to say I don't believe I have ever commented and if so it was probably about a rescue aminal Bobby or some other. I really like you with the captain , general , what ever you call him next in maine you compliment each other well and I believe you share the same passion. Excuse my typing it is poor and so is my English. (southerner )I am really following you two, maybe Chigg aught to take cap Billy south . It would be entertaining
If I may suggest a course of action, take rubbings of the carvings with paper and charcoal, then if contacting an archaeologist etc you have something that will show details that might not be as visible by camera alone.
Awesome video. Thank you for sharing with us.
Wow! I've never saw anything like that b4! I agree someone should be looking at that that really knows. Like u said it's just somethin special for Sure
What a great find so interesting 😜👍
Worth looking into for sure.
Vikings, anything is possible! Exciting find, maybe go back later in the day, when the sun is lower in the sky you will see more detail; even notice engravings that are hard to see in bright sunlight? Good to keep location a secret 😀👍🏻
It's bloody REAL!! I'm jumping for joy right now and commented a lot. This video made me make chipmunk happy giggles.
Nice find Billy!
Fascinating! Exciting! Can’t wait for experts to study that site! I know you will let us know...
Really enjoy these videos with Captain Billy. Interesting guy.
Yep! Right after they touched down in Newfoundland, Canada
Dude! You have to do a follow-up video on this! This is a really amazing find.
That's cool as hell, and you're right about how you can tell if a carving has been there for any length of time and the kids growing up these days wouldn't have known how a sailing vessel would have looked like back in those days unless they was into the movies Ghosts of the Caribbean, i think it's something to look into and you might even need to metal detect down where you all came ashore to video that.
You could get rubbings , pieace of paper and crayon on it's side , works great with out harming original .
Chigg to highlight the petroglyphs use soft white chalk! Will not hurt them , but will allow better view of them! Very interesting indeed!. Contact Maine State Museum with the find. They would be interested 👍
( prehistoric symbol) the cross-shaped one is The sacred and magical circle ( minute 13:40) in the four spaces there were designed 4 trees representing the 4 seasons!! Ciao ciao ,Fausto.
You need to contact : Scott F. Wolter . He is a forensic geologist and television host. He is known best as the host of the series "America Unearthed". Wolter is based out of Minnesota, where he is the founder and president of American Petrographic Services and the inventor of Archaeopetrography (a process used to date and understand the origins of inscribed stone artifacts).
Love your channel think I've watched every video you made your one of the best by the way what happened to River treasure and civil war artifacts you use to find
Those were way better videos than the ones you are making today
Welcome to a normal conversation in maine. It's the best❤
I feel it is authentic and probably a meetup between indigenous people and nordics. They were up in Canada on the east coast not that far away as the crow flys .
That was sooo cool!
Well, I just really enjoyed that video. You'll need to follow up on those carvings. Excellent find, glad he found it all those years go.
That's too cool!!! I hope this get looked at by others to definitely say when these carvings could have been placed on the rock. Looking forward to any followup on this find.....many thanks for sharing!!!
The Welsh landed in Georgia in the 1100's. During the civil war a cavalry officer overheard a group of Native Amerucans talking. He understood nearly every word. He was born in Wales. The Native Americans were Mandan. Look up the stories of Prince Maddog. And look up the Mandan.
Very, very interesting. Definitely worth a professional checking it out for historical value. You never know it may be a couple hundred years old or a thousand years old. Thanks for sharing.
Just went and looked at it myself. There are more carvings if you look very closely. I found a 4 inch spearhead at the bottom of the bank just below the stone. It looks very old. The tip is broken off and it is a grey white color. It looks like a very good place for a camp. Very protected from the wind but easy access to open ocean. Not sure how the bricks got there but they look pretty old. If you look at the area to the left of the rock coming up from the beach it looks like it might have been filled in at one time with smaller rocks. Thats where i found the spearhead. I didn't do any digging. It was on top of the ground. It looked like someone uncovered more of the dirt off the top of the rock looking for more carvings. Not sure what they used but they put some scratches on the rock.
Where is it?
Great spruce island
That really needs to be looked at by experts, they can scan the rock and see every detail, if that is a Viking ship, add that to the Maine penny found in 1957 (Also known as the Goddard coin, the coin is believed to be a Norwegian silver penny dating to the reign of 11th century King of Norway Olaf Kyrre( you may lose holiday as Columbus day goes out of the window! Even though it has been well proven the Vikings were there first.
Maine Coon cat proves Viking settlements were there.
Sarah Parcak is actively researching such things but not this one. It's important she knows. I hope we all can send her emails, etc. I sent her a Facebook message as it's the only way I could find.
The "experts" will just deny it as a fake. Just like all the other PROOF that white people were here WAY before columbus ever made it to SOUTH america! Kensington stone just one example. HIS story is completely fabricated that's why it's called history. Anyone who really loves history and can think for themselves will tell you the same damn thing! That's the problem, nobody wants to spend the time researching. They'd just rather let someone tell them so they can go around calling everyone else stupid if they believe something different...
Interesting you bring that up, as some of the possible runic writing on this stone looks like they could represent "Eh," "Laf," "Ka," and "Yr," which would roughly translate to Olaf Kyrre.
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Experts have tried and have been shut down.
I have read a few articles online saying that vikings were the first with Chinese to "discover" America because they used to travel across during the last ice age.
I think it is Vikings stuff that is depicted there. Great find with a good story :D
I agree that it is important that experts are notified. Could very well be Vikings. The site needs preserving because it's already being vandalized. Please don't delay. Very interesting find.
We all would like to know what was found out or done about this. Followup would be nice if you can.
Reminds me of the alleged "Rune Stones" discovered in 1971 at Spirit Pond near Phippsburg, Maine.
Interesting...
Only thing that seems odd about his story is that the surface of the bedrock was clean enough from dirt, debris, etc, for him to make out the carvings -- right after a massive tree had just been ripped from the surface. Perhaps given enough rain/wind after the tree had fallen it might have eroded away, but still seems an unlikely scenario -- though doesn't mean it couldn't have happened exactly as he told! Definitely worth having an expert look into it.
I was thinking the same thing.
OUTSTANDING!!
Interesant video!
Look at pictures of the petroglyph rock in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. It's a far larger rock...but there is a ship on it too.
Wow New here, loving your adventures 😀
Scott Walter has been investigating this kind of stuff on the discovery Channel he's a forensic geologist and he'd be the one to contact.
*Wolter
Couldn't remember his name, lol
Yep, he would be the one
I sent the link to one of his Facebook pages through messenger, hopefully he'll see it.
@@lynnbourg4970 Scott Wolter is definitely the vikings guy. you can also hit up CFapps on youtube, he does daily videos about ancient ruins around the world including the US. and has done many possible viking sighting videos. he is from Minnesota so its a topic near and dear to him.
In NE Oklahoma just west of Ft Smith Arkansas is a cave up in the mountains. State Park has guide who said Vikings were there and lived in cave. Left stuff behind.
Try getting hold of Josh Gates of Expedition Unknown on Discovery Channel. He did a show about possible Viking evidence in the "new" world awhile back. He is good and knows a bunch of professionals. He is also fun.
Very cool that Captain Bill included you as one of the few to ever see that.
As already pointed out the ship bears some resemblance to a viking longboat, but difficult to say for sure. The cross shaped symbol with a ring around it looks very much like a Norse sun sign. I'd say it's very plausible that the vikings actually reached Maine, Newfoundland and the other areas in the vicinity. The evidence is out there, it just needs to be found. It would be amazing if these carvings could be examined by experts in the field. Thanks for sharing the video!
Does look like Ogham writing at 13:20, seen quite a few examples on Viking crosses where I live.
I googled Viking shields. To me, that one etched circle with a slender cross in it resembled several images of Viking shield patterns.
I would tell your buddy to put dirt on the areas and wash water over it to leave mud in the etching channels and make it more visible, and then photograph the whole thing.
Select several museums in Denmark Sweden and Norway and ask them if the impressions say anything to them.
Over here you should contact anthropologists who focus on native Americans and explain the situation and let them know the county in Maine so thetly have an idea of what native American nation was prominant in that area.
My impression is, the etching would have taken time and I don't think they would have been worried considering how close they were to the water and carving. It could be there was some form of communication, so I'll guess trade involving food. Its good you are keeping this on the down low, but take better images with contrast but don't show the water just the rock. You may even want to temporarily make this video un seeable but the time stamp on the post is like your copyright.
there has been evidence that there were very early visitors to Nova Scotia. Some say Knights Templar. So that would be 1400s. Should be analyzed either way.