Hiking To The Top : Massive Indian Ruins

This was a fun and fantastic hike up the side of a mountain in search of a fabled Indian ruin that dates back to the Salado culture that "disappeared" some 500-700 years ago and no one is certain why they just abandoned their homes. It is speculated that a severe drought may have caused a collapse of their society.
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I enjoy metal detecting for historical items like gold coins, relics, silver coins, and other buried treasures. I also metal detect for gold and silver nuggets and even meteorites. I like to make videos that promote my choice of lifestyle that includes outdoor adventure, metal detecting, yapping, searching for river treasure, SCUBA diving, exploring abandoned places, hiking, caving, caring for animals and pets, and observing the things outdoors that often go unnoticed by most people who are not familiar with outdoor adventures and nature. I keep my KZbin "Aquachigger" channel family-friendly and hope you subscribe if you like my style.
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[@geologyjohn1]

My thought (not that this will get read) is the wire “tripod” was a US Coast & Geodedic Survey survey point for triangulation. The wire was to support a rod upon which a light would be placed and the point “shot”at might. “Back in the day” this is the kind of thing I did with that U.S. Geological Survey.

[@susansmith6680]

Time to spend a few minutes with the best teacher I have ever had.

[@aquachigger]

This was a fun little hike! I hope you enjoy this video. Subscribe Here! bit.ly/AquachiggerSub Check Out My Top Videos bit.ly/AquachiggerTopVideo Follow Chigg’s Army! My Patreon: www.patreon.com/aquachigger Instagram: instagram.com/aquachigger/ Facebook: facebook.com/chiggsarmy/ Twitter: twitter.com/BeauOuimette Thanks for watching…. The Chigg

[@walkforgiven]

I want to see your brother a longer while. He looks pretty cool like you do!

[@KernRiverRichesYT]

Hey chigg hopefully you were able to see my last one I posted. I found 100 year old buttons from old miners camp

[@versedi]

Your bitly link is 404

[@usmcmustang2972]

Those are not indian ruins. That spot was a defensive position, built by Spanish Explorers in the 1500's. It is well accounted for, in the account of the expedition that eventually discovered the Grand Canyon. Thus we have, as related by Casteñada, the historian of the Coronado expedition, a brief outline of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, at that time called the Tison (Firebrand) River, which was discovered by Melchior Diaz and his company. On their return Cardenas and his companions saw some water falling over a rock, and learned from the guides that some bunches of crystals which were hanging there were salt, of which they gathered a quantity and brought it back to Cibola, dividing it among those who were there. They gave a written report of the expedition to the commanding general.

[@robgray6588]

Man I love you're content, thank you.

[@StarScapesOG]

I have to wonder what those settlements looked like in their hay-days

[@lal5555f]

lacking hay i would guess

[@RawPower7]

@@lal5555f Hay hay there! Dont be so sarcastic.

[@jq7323]

@@lal5555f Really? I assumed at least a few days of hay

[@dodecaheathenblue8132]

I Loved the little (alpine) Fern mini valley...so cool..great atmosphere.. Thanks for taking us !

[@eddominates]

The mini fern forest was awesome! tough little plants just scrapin out a living in their little niche

[@josephschanne9144]

You have the COOLEST VIDOES I’ve ever seen in 61 years!!!! I LOVE THIS STUFF! Great how you respect everything!! GREAT JOB!!

[@ausfox8794]

I could spend hours walking around hypothesising what place are for. Thanks for sharing. Keep them coming.

[@TheBetaMale]

Thanks for posting more lately. Love watching your videos before bed!

[@Jaybob33]

Fascinating to sit and imagine the Natives sitting with you 😱😱😱❤️❤️❤️

[@ToiletPaperQueen]

Chigg, you could never bore anyone I don't think. Love your content so much and I hope someday to go on an adventure with you!

[@TheSlimej]

I loved the plants that looked like the forest. A beautiful example of the fractal geometry of nature.

[@claudiasmigelski1528]

I have slipped on a cacti, thanks for reminding me! Love Arizona! Lived at the Grand Canyon for a year as a teenager and still miss it ! Great video from a fan in NY.

[@UEE-kj6ek]

i was just at the grand canyon a couple weeks ago, lots of nice free camping all around it, unfortunately it was flooded with tourists escaping quarantine

[@lordhuffmangaming]

Great Video and Very Interesting Chigg! You are also getting some serious exercise while you have been in AZ! Keep the Great Videos Coming!

[@cdd4248]

13:57- NEVER Bored! Really interesting and Thank You for taking us along.

[@ritaspeers1259]

This series is GREAT!

[@brianhall8828]

Love all of what you bring. Keep bringin Chig!

[@frankieblue02le]

One thing you could never be is boring! I was waiting for the whole wall to fall when you pulled out the pottery/rock😁. Another great adventure as always.

[@judytrahan6121]

Love the little forest, maybe little people vacation there! Great video! Amazing adventures!

[@glennaw1547]

Another day wandering in the mountains with the ancient ones. Thanks for taking us along.

[@njones420]

I had no idea Indians built such large structures. As a Brit it's a huge hole in my knowledge, must do some reading on their history... Thanks for the journey!

[@sandrakisch3600]

Read the Book of Mormon. It is a history of the natives of North America. Amazing history.

[@njones420]

@@sandrakisch3600 XD I saw the musical, so maybe I _do_ know it :p

[@4englishlies875]

Well it is 9:45 pm when I watch this video, thanks for keeping that saying true.... learn something new every day! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@shawnbaker5909]

I love the old Indian settlements on top of the mountains

[@usmcmustang2972]

That was not an Indian ruin. It was a temporary outpost made by Spanish explorers .. Conquistadors..... to try to survive the onslaught of thd threat of an extended attack. They also had a cannon. There is a silver mine close by, that they were working. The walls were stacked quickly for defense and for temporary use. There was also water close by.

[@Bdzynes]

ahhHHHH...such a sweet adventure. Even better you found a miniature forest. I love re watching all your videos as each is always a new adventure.

[@VickieV1333]

These hikes are so interesting! I would be blown away to actually stand amidst those ruins imagining the people and events that took place where I was standing. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@goodcitizen7064]

Thanks for the memories brother.

[@c103110a]

I love this format the best - hiking around and pointing out various interesting features. Great job.

[@athreepercenter1837]

Dear Beau, I would just like to say a big thank you from a housebound (apart from work) middle aged Widow living in the now Communist Nazi State of Great Britain. Your videos take me away from this prison and show me places I would not be able to get to. It's wonderful to see a vast, free world outside this hellhole. These Arizona videos have been amazing and it's lovely to see your brother too. I love how you look in all the nooks and crannys for every little thing, I was like that when I used to go hiking to places. Maybe one day I'll get the chance to see a small part of your vast, beautiful country, but I won't hold my breath. 😂. I've been watching your new series of River Hunters, fascinating!! Once again, thanks for lifting my soul and showing me mother earth's wonders. Take care out there 😊👍

[@48thstateprospecting]

That’s why I love my home state of Arizona the diversity and cultures of days past and the way the terrain changes throughout the state is geologically amazing congrats on your specs of gold would’ve liked to of seen them even if they were specs LOLThanks for sharing see you on the next one👊🏻👍🏻

[@kevinamerio8105]

Nice adventure, I had to pause it on the “alpine forest” I love those little spots you see when exploring. Great video!!

[@blkjckgtr3075]

Hey,Chigg love your channel,notice that dwellings are circular for their teepees and they probably had guns for those openings in the walls!Cheers!from Canada Ontario.

[@lisauptagrafft2010]

Chigg, I wish you had a drone to really get a good overhead view of the settlement...that would have been cool! ✌🏼❤️

[@twindiggersminnesotapamandpat]

WOW Chiggs....so much beauty! And you found an awesome ferny fairy garden community😎😎

[@GrandmaBev64]

What an awesome video. I think I can see two different kinds of work. Some even look megalithic. Very cool find. Love you the song too. Catchy..

[@lordhostile]

Love these vids! Thanks Chigg!

[@shelleytribbey8781]

Wow what a great few videos these have been!! I love seeing this stuff. It’s amazing any of it is still stacked. So interesting! Enjoying it for sure!

[@deepbludude4697]

That's alota rock stackin!

[@CC58]

At 1:18 there is a concave rectangular rock in center and bottom of pic. Probably for grinding acorns. Watch at 1:15 as rock comes into view.

[@gonagain]

Not bored! Not bored!

[@loriward5512]

Awesome place! Love these explorations & the history with them. So beautiful

[@maorimana]

Ah the brothers exploring and camping must be fun most times 😂 hope it was fun for both🥂 👍

[@lmacmacfarlane2655]

Some aerial shots from a drone would be good to get an idea of the size of the settlement. Keep the videos coming 👍

[@usmcmustang2972]

Its not a settlement. It is a defensive position, built by Spanish explorers in the 1500's

[@three6ohchris]

I was waiting for you to say _"so they don't fall down"_ after you said *so they don't weeble and wobble.* Lol. Great video, love the Southwest videos!

[@olneymaryland77]

Chigg I love adventuring myself by day, and then adventuring at night through your videos!

[@stevenarrasmith7540]

I'm thinking those walls are fences for seasonal grazing of sheep and/or goats. Holes in walls are for fence rails. Implies to me pressure from predators or rustlers.

[@Denkiiy]

I agree !!

[@bemurr47]

So interesting, and amazingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing and taking us with you!

[@fredcasteel8265]

Very interesting to see how they lived 500 or so years ago. Must have been a rough life. Thanks Chigg.

[@sandrakisch3600]

This is an amazing site. Love the work that was done so many years ago. Some of the areas look like they could have been a ceremonial round house.

[@franksteigerwald9031]

Chig. Keep it up your channel is awesome

[@TheDezdan]

Your wire tripod is from an old survey marker. See them all the time in NV and AZ.

[@cjhobbyfly8597]

Love this video... reminds me of myself over here in Britain walking around ruins trying to figure out what that was for and what this could have been... brilliant stuff.

[@sandiscuriousthings257]

Another awesome adventure! And it's great to see your brother. You guys definitely resemble each other!

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

Nice perch for seeing all. Really enjoying this trip Beau. 👍

[@sherismith5242]

wow way cool i love it not bored at all!!

[@TheitaniofRome]

Love the videos man. Thank you.

[@deltonviera2051]

History love it😉

[@TheKoyotetracker]

Awesome!

[@BraceFamAdventures]

Definitely looks like some kind of fortified position. Wonder how long that site, not necessarily the structure, has been in use? Very cool place, it never ceases to amaze me how much there is to be found out there in the wild places still. Very cool video.

[@alabamadixiediggers4714]

Magnificent place to have a fort or village.... Thanx Chigg for another great AQUACHIGGER ADVENTURE see ya on the next

[@gayeyount7948]

Very interesting. Love these kind of videos. Stay safe

[@finderskeepers6684]

This video ROCKED!

[@saundranelson9332]

Wow! That was interesting for sure!

[@grant8shelley523]

Great hike chigg

[@edwardblasingame9002]

NICE! Nice video love the places you visit.

[@randlerichardson5826]

Great video Chigg be safe out there and GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏

[@brucewestoby]

Very nice exploring the Indian ruins. Would never have known about the ruins without your neat video! Educational! History and great views. Thanks enjoyed your video very much .!

[@dawnlindgron5570]

thank you very cool !

[@OutdoorsygalO]

I am always interested too. 😁 It sure is interesting how people lived so many years ago. I too am surprised that they didn’t leave any petroglyphs.

[@capecodmikemike7482]

Amazing

[@theghoststory28]

Awesome place 👍

[@confcorrespondence6772]

Another great video

[@marthafenimore4279]

So interesting. I know the climate was probably different but still they had a hard life. Thanks.

[@theofficialdiamondlou2418]

AWESOME !!!!!!

[@rachaelleann9847]

Flippin amazing to see . Thanks for sharing with us man this is amazing just amazing to be able to see all this interesting stuff id prob never see otherwise. And yes I thought that was a mini forest to lol I looked away then back and saw it and thought humm forest and was like oh man that's cool lol

[@scottbellew1714]

All your videos are very interesting I like them all but especially your exploring ones

[@sharonbartlett4307]

WOW!! just WOW!! Those Indian Indian ruins are amazing!

[@lederman46]

I really have enjoying your exploration and comments of the Southwest part of the country. Always amazing where and how early inhabitants lived in these areas. Keep the videos coming as long as you can.

[@kprairiesun]

Enjoyed seeing these ruins

[@Jls75]

Awesome adventure

[@tinichiatowner1241]

The ruins are wonderful.

[@josephschmidt4157]

Awesome chigg!

[@Five0fiddy]

Great video chigg

[@omarthetentmaker2616]

wow .. just found the chigs doppelganger. that last room wouldve been the honeymoon suite loved it man . thanks for takin us along on your trek. go shotgun a beer now and recuperate

[@chasegilmond5637]

Yay! More Arizona adventures

[@deadmetal3414]

The Chigg!

[@missmaryhdream6560]

Greetings from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Watched you on river detectives, brilliant. Great watching these very informative. Thank you

[@shellythom7248]

This is so cool love it. Wish I could go see these places

[@lydiamashcka4362]

Really cool photographs!

[@lowcostadventures]

Awesome video I found some carving on my last video. There is so much history out there to find. Keep digging my friend

[@tas3059]

Awesome video and pics 😎 #EmbraceTheYap

[@Ladsmanor]

Love your videos chig your awesome

[@chasmcl42]

Brilliant videos Chigg really enjoying them, just discovered that you are on tv in river hunters, a lot of them in Scotland, just have to figure out how to access them.

[@rogerdempsey7227]

Awesome adventure with your brother love the history of the day 👍🍺

[@teardroptrailers]

The holes in the walls were likely for light and/or ventilation. Cool site.

[@dawnlindgron5570]

How amazing,thank you for sharing. rock holes maybe for smoke signals perhaps ?

[@sharonbartlett4307]

I am thoroughly enjoying your videos of Arizona. Those Indian ruins are amazing. Can you even imagine the work that went into building the walls? Incredible! But one thing I noticed was that I didn't see any evidence of fire rings or pits. Did you see any? Or do you know the reason for that? Also I think that the piles of rocks were probably burials. We have some in Arkansas. Thank you so much for sharing this. Stay safe and God bless.

[@RHYGAR1]

awesome vid