Arabian coins found in US may unlock 17th-century pirate mystery

Re:Arabian coins found in US may unlock 17th-century pirate ... by juskrey on Friday April 02, 2021 @11:56PM (#26678317)

My wild guess is someone brought it by sea

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Re:Arabian coins found in US may unlock 17th-century pirate ... by doodlebugging on Saturday April 03, 2021 @12:16AM (#26678407)

Possibly in their pocket! (Did pants have pockets back then?)

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Re:Arabian coins found in US may unlock 17th-century pirate ... by okareaman on Saturday April 03, 2021 @12:37AM (#26678479)

Could have been planted by the person who found the cache. People do weird things like that.

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Re:Arabian coins found in US may unlock 17th-century pirate ... by markdown on Saturday April 03, 2021 @12:46AM (#26678504)

I wouldn't call fraud for personal gain weird. It's quite common, actually.

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Re:Arabian coins found in US may unlock 17th-century pirate ... by rootsudo on Saturday April 03, 2021 @12:01AM (#26678334)

You, sir, just unlocked the case!

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