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Oh yes there is! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-place_artifact

That also took me to yet another strange coin find: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_penny a 9th century Norse coin found in the US which might indicate that the Vikings were present in Maine.




But they were... as a child I remember reading about Erik the red who founded the first settlement in Greenland and whose son Luke or Lief made trips to what they called Vinland

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson


The Vinland landings and artifacts have all been further north than Maine (in Newfoundland). So finding Norse artifacts in Maine means either they also traveled to Maine or some of their things got traded/taken south by someone.




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