I also suspect silver is better but where can one purchase precious metals without getting ripped off?
Conservative media has been peddling Gold Exchange and all these other groups for over a decade but they all looked like fly-by-night to me.
these are the guys I like for online and have used before. Prices are up a bit of course. The boxes are discreet. “Bearings” sometimes. haha
https://www.providentmetals.com/