“Show me one year in the past 6000 years when gold had no value. Just one.”
Have as much gold as you want as long as you also have shelter, water, food, way to grow food, security, warmth, cooling, power from some source, ways to cook, medical supplies, hygiene methods, etc..
If the idea is only have gold, in my opinion, that is a serious mistake. In any country that is at war FOR A YEAR or more, and there is little water and food, people are going to keep what water and food they have and not sell you any for gold because they have to keep what they have in order to keep living. To them, your gold has no value and if that war lasts 20 years and there is still little water and food, they still won’t sell you any water and food for gold because they still have to live. So, it is the circumstances that determines the value of gold.
If the SHTF in this country and there is little water and food, don’t come to my house because I don’t want your gold as my water and food is too valuable to sell you any. Plus, why would I want yours when I have my own? You see, it’s not an either or situation.
I am very sorry because i have to destroy some popular opinions on some things, but i just have to do that. When i said and keep saying “no rules” i mean that. You can not have something like ideal preparations, you can only try to have it (and then hungry man down the road still might shoot you with his antique hunting rifle for a bit of flour). survival fear
So again on bartering and gold and silver:
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.
http://shtfschool.com/trading/on-buying-gold-silver-for-survival-preparedness/
I never said it was an either or situation. In fact, I said the opposite. Others here are saying it was either or and you implied that too.