Not sure what I would ever do with gold. When the SHTF, food and ammo will be the new currency.
History tells us why gold will be good to have after the SHTF. At some point trade will resume and some form of currency will evolve.
I have food, I have ammo, I have farmland....and I have been buying gold since it was $400/oz.
I don’t own gold to make money and I don’t concern myself with how much fiat debt paper I can get for gold on any given day.