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On Buying Gold & Silver for Survival Preparedness
SHTF School ^ | 12/8/11 | Selco

Posted on 12/09/2011 4:32:06 AM PST by Kartographer

No, gold and silver was not like second money, or second value during SHTF, it was not even worth like in normal times, and in most of the cases it was dangerous to have it a lot (actually it was too dangerous to have anything in great amounts and let other people to know that) If you had for example 1000 gold coins, and let s say that one coin worth 150 USD in normal times, you could think that you are rich in shtf.

But in reality it was hard to find someone who give you some food or battery or whatever useful for one coin. Gold coin was not useful for 90 percent of people, what they could use it for? Eat it? Start fire with that?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
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To: Kartographer

Very possible you could get a bullet for your trouble. But then you may get a work camp and beaten to death if you don’t try.

I think its all about giving yourself options.


61 posted on 12/09/2011 9:26:31 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: bjorn14; driftdiver
He doesn’t tell his wife because he’s probably thinking “Loose Lips sink ships” If his wife tells just one person about their stash then everyone knows when SHTF comes. Friends, relatives,strangers, etc.

I assumed the same thing. And then I thought " If he should have an accident and die just before the SHTF, I wonder if the wife knows where the SHTF food storage is located, how to unlock it (if necessary), etc."

If she doesn't, that would turn out to be one of those Twilight Zone (weird twist) situations wouldn't it?

62 posted on 12/09/2011 10:04:27 AM PST by Col Freeper (FR is a smorgasbord of Conservative thoughts and ideas - dig in and enjoy it to its fullest!)
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To: Kartographer

Good grief. I believe in being prepared but... that also includes grammar, spelling and punctuation.


63 posted on 12/09/2011 10:14:58 AM PST by ataDude (Its like 1933, mixed with the Carter 70s, plus the books 1984 and Animal Farm, all at the same time.)
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To: Col Freeper

Not to mention the storage units will probably ransacked.


64 posted on 12/09/2011 10:39:34 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Travis McGee

“Hedge in all directions.” Profound advice. Thanks, Mr. McGee. (And, how are things aboard the Busted Flush??)


65 posted on 12/09/2011 11:34:56 AM PST by Donkey Odious (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: Travis McGee

“Hedge in all directions.” Profound advice. Thanks, Mr. McGee. (And, how are things aboard the Busted Flush??)


66 posted on 12/09/2011 11:34:56 AM PST by Donkey Odious (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: Donkey Odious

Double post....hate when that happens....


67 posted on 12/09/2011 11:37:33 AM PST by Donkey Odious (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: ataDude

That and a gold coin might just get you a few sips of water.


68 posted on 12/09/2011 11:45:53 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: driftdiver

I don’t think its just possible, I think it’s all but certain.


69 posted on 12/09/2011 11:48:45 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

A bit of silver is IMHO a good idea. Holds value. Gold? Only for the wealthy.


70 posted on 12/09/2011 12:39:47 PM PST by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell.)
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To: nodakkid; simplesimon

Or a good water purifier, I prefer Berkefeld.


71 posted on 12/09/2011 12:48:24 PM PST by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell.)
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To: Kartographer

Thank you.

Hopefully it will not only help me, but help others as well.


72 posted on 12/09/2011 1:09:56 PM PST by simplesimon (You are entitled to your own opinions but not your own "facts"...........)
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To: Lurker
I've dealt with them too, as well as a couple of others. I've also got my old Second Chance Z9, made in 1976, complete with the .30 carbine bullet strike that hit it and a near miss that burned through one of the carrier inside edges, which was an easy fix.

Yep, I'm a believer in soft armour.

73 posted on 12/09/2011 1:10:14 PM PST by archy (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)
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To: Kartographer

Kart, have you seen this?

“Report: Federal Agents Demand Customer Lists From Food Storage Facility”

http://www.shtfplan.com/emergency-preparedness/report-federal-agents-demand-customer-lists-from-mormon-food-storage-facility_12092011


74 posted on 12/09/2011 1:14:10 PM PST by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: Kartographer
As the LDS say “When the emergency is upon us the time for preparedness has past.”,P. Source? Not from the BOM, so far as I'm aware.
75 posted on 12/09/2011 1:23:51 PM PST by archy (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)
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To: OB1kNOb
Bears repeating. Gold is for storing and maintaining wealth for when any perceived SHTF crisis is over. If any precious metal is to be accepted for trading during a SHTF scenario, it will likely be junk silver coins, because of the smaller denomination value and verifiability of authenticity.

We Deal in lead, friend.

-Steve McQueen, in The Magnificent Seven

76 posted on 12/09/2011 1:26:17 PM PST by archy (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)
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To: Travis McGee

Bookmarked


77 posted on 12/09/2011 1:36:35 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
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To: archy

See page 97 my Preparedness Manual

Article is called: Food Storage

and was wirten by Brother Chris Parrett the author of the LDS Preparedness Manual.

http://www.ldsavow.com/resources.html

Chris is a great guy and we have exchange articles and ideas a number of times.


78 posted on 12/09/2011 1:41:39 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

By the way page 20 in the LDS Preparedness Manual. Can miss it as its right under a Big Picture.


79 posted on 12/09/2011 1:44:13 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

There are numerous cases in history where people bought their freedom with items of value. Sure some people were robbed and killed, some weren’t.

The point is having some gold or silver is a way to hold wealth regardless of what happens with the dollar.


80 posted on 12/09/2011 1:57:00 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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