buys gold and silver...as invested well
How do you drag it all around? Consider the weight.
People would know you have it. Then what? In fact if you produce gold to purchase everybody would know what you have. Be sure to stash ammo and guns. And know how to use.
What good is it if you are hungry and there is no food to buy? Planting it won’t work very well.
Many of Napolean's soldiers starved and froze to death while retreating from Moscow. Many of the starved and frozen were found with gold coins still in their pockets.
If our economy were to really collapse, a stockpile of gold is not something I'd really want to have in my house.