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Oldest coins unearthed in North America at New England farm may solve mystery of ‘world’s most wanted’ 1600s pirate Capt. Henry Every Updated 9:29 AM; Today 9:29 AM A 17th century Arabian silver coin, top, that research shows was struck in 1693 in Yemen, rests near an Oak Tree Shilling minted in 1652 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, below, and a Spanish half real coin from 1727, right, on a table, in Warwick, R.I., Thursday, March 11, 2021. The Arabian coin was found at a farm, in Middletown, R.I., in 2014 by metal detectorist Jim Bailey, who contends it was plundered in 1695 by Engli...

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A handful of coins unearthed from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard in rural Rhode Island and other random corners of New England may help solve one of the

Metal detector finds ancient treasure in Rhode Island tied to famous pirate Updated 10:47 AM; Facebook Share A handful of coins unearthed from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard in rural Rhode Island and other random corners of New England may help solve one of the planet’s oldest cold cases. The villain in this tale: a murderous English pirate who became the world’s most-wanted criminal after plundering a ship carrying Muslim pilgrims home to India from Mecca, then eluded capture by posing as a slave trader. “It’s a new history of a nearly perfect crime,” said Jim Bailey, an amateur hi...

A handful of coins unearthed from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard in rural Rhode Island and other random corners of New England may help solve one of the planet's oldest cold cases. The villain in this tale: a murderous English pirate who became the world's most-wanted criminal after plundering a ship carrying Muslim pilgrims home to India…

Henry Every and his crew helped plunder an armed Mughal trading vessel This created tensions between the empire and England/the East India Company The English Government placed a bounty upon the murderous pirate's head Captain Every and his crew fled via Bourbon and Ascension to New Providence Yet news of their crimes caught up with them, and they were forced to flee again Exactly where Every and most of his crew went next has remained a mystery  Recently found coins support the theory that some ended up in New England