Originally Posted by
mikeinreco
Seems to me about the only thing worth anything are guns, ammo, food, and shelter
HAHA...so true! You must take your survival lessons from the same place I do, The Walking Dead! Seriously though, think about it. Some television people decided to sit down and do a show on the zombie apocalypse. They probably sat for hours thinking of plot lines and imagining what people would be dealing with in a time of utter disaster, when everything they had known and trusted in failed. If you watch the show, you will see how the entire premise (besides killing zombies) is predicated on finding food and shelter, and protecting it from those that want to take it away. Nothing else matters. Gold and silver are meaningless, and the only other worthwhile commodity might be gasoline. Ok ok, I know its just a tv show and may be a bit extreme to use as a parallel, but to echo a point made above, if our economy shatters, the only things worthwhile will be tangible goods that we can touch and feel and are useable. Without going totally extreme, there is no harm in having a small stockpile of such goods. A weapon and ammo, stockpile of some can goods and water, possibly some metals like gold, silver copper and lead (gotta make those bullets), and a tent and blankets. Come to think about it, I have all those items around me as I use them for camping and hunting.
But....this is a thread about gold. Sorry for the digress
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