I am kinda at the point I am not going to find the bucket list coins if I don't make an effort to seek out the oldest places I can. I agree some people are stuck with 1900's coinage because they just don't have the history in their area. I am kind of in that situation myself. Pre-Civil War era is rare where I live, but I can make an effort to look for the oldest places possible. There is I guy that has been finding cut Spanish Reales within 40-50 miles of my location. While there may be very few places that old around here they can be found. I am to the point I'd rather be searching for the oldest coins possible for my area and finding less than hitting the sure thing places for silver coins I currently am digging on a somewhat regular basis.