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/
Except for me. I have PERFECT preparations, and have planned for EVERY contingency. No surprise will cause me any problems whatsoever. I, alone, will be able to resurrect society -- and they will name towns and ports and schools and even COUNTRIES after me.
For all of those who claim gold is not a store of value, look where those who are actually members of the Federal Reserve are putting their money.....FOLLOW THE MONEY!
Financial statements released from 2010 show Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher owned more than 7,000 acres of land, $1 million in gold and as much as $250,000 in uranium.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/28/news/economy/federal-reserve-wealth/
And, in the past year, George Soros (one of the largest investors in the world) made a bet on Barrick Gold of $110 Million.
Add to this the fact that the Chinese are buying BOTH physical gold and are also buying gold mines with what some claim is a nascent attempt at building a gold backed currency, and I am not sure how anyone can look down on this precious metal, especially with out debt approaching $20 Trillion.