Coming to the New World

For John, BLUF:  I am not saying Vikings got here first, the Lusitanians did, but still, they beat Columbus by 400 some years.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The Mystery of Maine’s Viking Penny

BY SARAH LASKOW DECEMBER 21, 2017.

Here is the lede plus one:

THE STORY THAT GUY MELLGREN told about the curious silver coin began on the shores of Maine, where he met a stranger named Goddard.  In the fall of 1956, Mellgren and Ed Runge, a pair of amateur archaeologists, had come in search of the most basic of coastal dig sites—a shell midden—when they happened onto a more unusual discovery.

Goddard had invited them to explore his shoreline property, and there, on a natural terrace about eight feet above the high tide line, they found stone chips, knives, and fire pits, along with an abundance of other unexpected artifacts.  Each summer for many years, Mellgren and Runge returned to excavate the “Goddard Site,” with little help from professional archaeologists.  In the second summer, they produced the coin.

This is about the Goddard Site.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff