Minimum amount of silver you should own? 

I didn’t have much money to buy gold/silver until my dad passed away and I got an inheritance in 2018. The first 2 things I did was to pay off my mortgage, and then buy $75,000 worth of gold and silver. It’s worth a lot more now….😉👍🏻👍🏻

Stacking silver is addictive you can’t stop at 100

Boating accidents and loss of silver is very common!

Solid advice. I wish I still had all my guns, ammo, gold, and silver. I really didn't know other people other than me lost their stuff in a boating accident. I can't wait to tell my wife I am not the only one with bad luck.

Hi - My name is Bob and I am a stackaholic. I have been stacking for 850 ounces. I have tried to stop, but I keep falling back in to the shiny. That is all....Carry On.

Silver collecting is an addiction. How much is enough? - Just a little bit more.

Wow, what a coincidence: I used to own firearms and ammunition and lost everything in a boating accident too! Sadly, they are all at the bottom of a deep lake. I'm still not over it emotionally.

Great video man! very practical breakdown of a great down to earth simplification on why to stack. You just earned a new subscriber.

This is a great topic that should be revisited many times during the year under different scenarios like according to the persons lifestyle of income or no debt or the amount of money they have extra per month and then do brand new formulas, and new videos with this information… Great video

Great vid! My interests and passions with metals tend to change often, but that's what keeps me motivated. Always something new to learn and fun treasures to hunt down :)

New sub here from a YT recommended video. I completely agree, not only is everyone at a different stacking level, but at a different financial level. Diversity is important. Yes, you don't want to have 100 ozs in one bar. Having sovereign, generic, 90% foreign junk silver, ECT. My first purchase was 10 one oz buffalo generic rounds in early 2020. Got them for $170 I then recently looked at those same 10 ozs were selling on JM Bullion for $260+....100 oz is definitely a great starting point and goal to attain. No matter how long it takes. It's not a competition. Slow and steady

Glad to see another good channel Thank you

Excellent video. Thank you for the content.

I’m glad we can agree we were all on the same boat!

Just one 90% silver dime can still buy you two Hershey's bars just like they did back in 1964.

Good and well-reasoned advice, Stateside. And no, I would never mistake you for a Fedboy! Keep up the good work.

How much Silver or Gold you should own depends entirely upon its purpose. If it's simply a savings account, then you can just pick a minimum number. Maybe that number is $1,000, since that's the common number people give for a basic emergency fund. In that case, you're probably looking at 35 to 40 ounces of Silver and or maybe a 1/2 ounce of Gold. If it's more than that, and you'd like your Silver or Gold to get you through a more significant circumstance like a job loss, a loss of insurance, a car replacement, or a major home repair, then you're going to want to think in terms of the cost of these kinds of things. I'd say that in most cases, you can just 10X the emergency fund, which would mean that you'd minimally want 350 to 400 ounces of Silver or up to maybe 5 ounces of Gold. That amount of Silver or Gold would generally pay for any of those items for a significant period of time. However, if you have longer-term concerns that might have to do with a disappearing retirement fund, a currency crisis, a long-term banking crisis, a long-term job loss, or an extended grid-down or SHTF scenario that was nation-wide, then I think you can either 10X the previous number, of you can determine that you want something like 10 years worth of total living expenses in Silver, Gold, or both. So that's 3,500 to 4,000 ounces of Silver and 50 ounces of Gold using the 10X model, or you're probably looking at 18,000 to 20,000 ounces of Silver and 240 to 250 ounces of Gold, if you're looking to have enough stored purchasing power to maintain something akin to your current standard of living for a 10 year period. It's not rocket science, but often we aren't used to thinking in terms of ounces, and we continue to think in $ terms, which makes it far more difficult to come up with an actual number. The number I've suggested may seem impossible or overwhelming, but I assure you that they are not. Simply dollar-cost-average, and whatever you do, be consistent. Give yourself 50, 100, 200, or 500 dollars a month, whatever is affordable for you in the long-term. Then divide that number into 2 halves. With the first half, buy Silver each month. With the second half, put that away until you have enough to buy a 1/10, 1/4, or a 1/2 ounce 22k Gold coin of some kind...either an American Gold Eagle or a South African Krugerrand. Just continue to do that for as long as you possibly can. The other thing you can and should do is learn to use cash for all the purchases that you can. Save your change, and turn that change either into more Silver & Gold, or use that money to build a cash reserve outside of any banking system that you hold personally in a safe place. Try to build that extra cash up to 3 to 6 months worth of living expenses, and then the rest should be put into Gold & Silver. The best time to start anything that you're late to the party on is RIGHT NOW, so just get started and don't stop. Slow & steady wins the race on these things most often.

Great video buddy. Hit a lot of good points

Very helpful information. Thank you!

Solid reasonable advice, good video.

Stateside... great content! Your right it's not a race to stack... I sometimes feel like I'm falling behind with all this market excitement. But, I am at a very nice place with silver, gold, platinum, exotic cars, real estate... Not trying to gloat but just trying to share that good decisions and patience is key. First get yourself out of debt (credit card, don't buy a shit car you don't want and take on a car note, pay your house off first) I still pick up pennies on the floor at gas stations that the homeless throw away! Buy what you can after your responsibilities, even if it's just junk silver from your LCS. As prices fluctuate, hey it's life. I bought 12 oz of gold in 2007 for $700 each, I thought I made a mistake, it was so much money, at that time. Now I wish I could do that... In 20 years, we will wish we can buy an oz of gold for $2400... That's just everything in life. Remember we all start at the beginning... We will never have enough!!!

I started in 2020 with a tube of 20 Buffalo rounds. From there I bought some eagles, maple leafs, kangaroos, philharmonics, etc, basically whatever was on sale. I moved on to constitutional & 10 oz bars, but lately have been just picking up mostly Morgan dollars, trying to get one from every year. Getting a new coin I’ve never seen before is always fun!

Awesome points made do your research! Love those Barbados, didn't know there was a pineapple privy thats sweet!

Well said. My buying tastes changed a few times, and may change again later. But no regrets on any purchase.

Great topic. You have to consider what you're preparing for in the future, find your budget and try to be consistent. In time you will acquire what you need. I sleep much better adding even a little each month.

Great advice dude

Great video 👍

I agree. 100oz is a great starting goal. You learn a lot. Long-term stackers have more interesting items vs. a quick modern buyer.

Contrarian here. Buddy, it IS a competition. We are running out of time as banks are cornering the gold supply and Singapore the silver supply. Every working citizen should be collecting enough to fill a pocket or two. I'd rather have 150 million Americans with 20 ounces than 5 million with 3000 ounces. It is a numbers game, people, and there is a heck of a lot more of us than them.

I felt so stupid when I lost all my stack in a boating accident. I’m so glad I’m not the only one.

I've been seriously stacking silver for about 4 years, right around when Covid started. What led me down the path, was things that were happening and how the govt started handing out stimi checks like candy to everybody and their momma I knew eventually inflation would get worse. I had been collecting ASEs since 1986, so I have every year ASE since then. I always knew silver had intrinsic value beyond its face value. This is why I stack, I don't trust the banks or financial industry, I know inflation will get worse............so this is my alternative savings account. How much should you have, well...........as much as you can afford each paycheck and just keep stacking. People want an arbitrary number of How Much, but I will never stop stacking until I can no longer stack anymore, when no amount of fiat dollars can purchase any amount of precious metals, is when I will stop.

Solid advice and honestly this is a question ive asked before. How much is enough?? 🤔 thank you 🙏 subscribed 🤙

There was a time when i couldnt stack for a couple years. Then there was times i only bought a few at a time just to stay in the game.

Good video. Very informative. I haven’t purchased silver in a while. But I have about 225-250 ounces. Some Eagles, but mostly Sunshine rounds/bars. Thinking about taking the plunge again and adding to my position. If I double it then I’m around 500 ounces.

A great video sir

Great advice there mate. Thank you. Arty from Australia

In my silver stacking experience, I learned to stack only what I like.

I still don’t know what I want to stack lol. My stack has a little bit of everything. I focus on one thing I really like for a while then I change my mind and stack something else. I have unfortunately lost it all in a boating accident recently. Will have to try to acquire more.

Finally a channel where they show who they and Yes I understand it is cause of safety issues, but I like to see what the person behind the screen looks like IMO Keep on stscking Silver!

Hang onto the Barbados Tridents !! The ones with the pineapple privy are extremely limited from Scottsdale Mint. The 2018 Barbados Trident with the privy has a worlwide limit of only 5000!!!

Thank you

Purchased three 10 ounce 9999 silver bars about six months ago when silver was only around $22.24 an ounce.Then more but wish I would have purchased a lot more now that silver is over $32 some days.

lol I have that same kilo reverse proof also just beautiful indeed!

I spent way to mich money on Gradded coins. I have well over 100 of them. Im realizing they arnt as liquid as raw coins or bullion. Im hopeing my family can sell them. Any suggestions how to easily transfer them into gold and silver?

40 ounces to freedom

In these times you should own 10% of your assets in metals.

Minimum goal 500 oz silver, 10 oz gold, 1000 lead rounds and 1 Athenian Owl!

Constitutional Silver ain't 'junk'! :)

Price comparison and relationships with various coin dealers and jewlers etc is important. NEVER sell to pawn shops!

I haven't even been keeping track of how many ounces I have. I'm just buying as much as I can without taking away from my other financial goals. All I know for now is I plan to buy around $25,000 -$35,000 worth of silver. Once I meet this goal, I plan to buy maybe $5,000-$10,000 worth of gold.

And absolutely, bills first, then savings and hobbies.

Unfortunately in the UK we have to pay 20% tax when buying silver.

Nothing wrong with American Buffalo rounds Cheap, widely recognized round and Silver is silver. I never really look at it again after an unboxing inspection so variety doesn’t matter too much to me.

Great content, thank you.

finally someone giving an idea of what could be the ideal amount of Silver to own. Others like Kyosaki won't give you a 'suggested amount'

I started a year ago and let’s just say I’ve put most of my money into silver. Some would say that’s really dumb but the way everything has been going lately with the dollar has me very concerned. Gold is also at an all time high. Silver feels so undervalued to me. I bought a few ounces of gold over the last year too when it was closer to $2000 an ounce but I pumped the brakes on gold for a bit. I’ve also been stacking prep items like food water alcohol and other barter items. Almost at 3500 ounces but unfortunately some Fed Boi crashed into my boat 🙄

Hello. I think the amount you should own depends on what you plan on doing with your precious metals. If retirement, maybe w specific figure or pass onto family then possibly no end in sight. To me personally 100 oz in silver puts you in the top 20% and on a side note, silver is so heavy and takes up space. Gold is something good to transition into. Take care. 😂

When you say 100 oz, you mean a week? LOL Seriously, I had this conversation before, and my answer to this question is: If you bought a bitcoin at $30....would it be helpful now? BTC is the result of FOMO. That FOMO will hit metals. When it does, who knows where it could go? Cause ask yourself, who predicted BTC at $68K? Sooo, who can predict Silver won't get to stratospheric heights? I'm not saying $68K, but I am saying it will hit values we didn't think possible!!! Remember, it's NOT the price of metals going up. It's the purchasing power of your dollar going down. Here's a prediction, before long we'll hear people b1tching about not having bought more when it was cheap!! Got Silver? Cheers

I find I am addicted to 10oz silver bars, I just started stacking two months ago and I have 80oz. I am going to slow down and focus on constitutional silver. For me Kilo or 100 oz bar is too much. The American Eagles are too expensive I do want old silver.

Thanks for the post 🙏🏻

What ever is on sale and how much cash I have to buy. The only thing is I don’t collect junk silver, I figure I can get change for 1oz eagle later.😊

Wrong about waiting until you are debt free. My mortgage rate has a lower interest rate than the annual appreciation of silver over on average. Also when it booms you miss the ride too late but if your debt is hurting you can always part with a little silver. Now if it was a fishing boat or sports car I’d say yea never go in debt for that.

Keep enough silver to take advantage of the gold/silver ratio if and when the opportunity knocks. Otherwise, own gold.

Well I agree with most of what you said, but I subscribe to the notion that if you don't have 6 months of monthly bills is cash, you shouldn't be buying precious metal until you have that amount available.

Scrooge McDuck has a swimming pool full of gold. I want to fill my pool with silver. I have a long way to go.

Traditionally gold is used to make large purchases like real estate, slaves, etc while silver was what people were paid with as in daily wage. Daily living and purchases were done with either copper, brass or bronze. 1 toz gold == 20 toz silver == 200 toz copper then keep in mind the buying power (BP). USD == BP 3 cent therefore the dollar has little to no BP while 1toz silver can buy 10-11 loaves bread and gold much more.

I have 100 ounces in Reed & Barton alone.

I had 2 100 ounce bars I bought them when I had extra money just not at the same time. but I sold them when my car was totaled. and I needed the money. silver was at a high price when I sold them.

I bet if others get past 100 they may look forward to 500 for the monster box, then 1000 and I bet when people reach 2000 they probably still wonder if that’s enough and keep buying… then they never really know how much they should have

When are your loyal subscribers going to get a full stack video?

I think a 3000 ounce silver minimum and 10 ounce gold should be the basic starter collection. And just stopping there would be a sad thing. I was inspired by Silver Slacker. And now I am the new Silver Slacker. Never thought I would catch up to him.

nice

But also keep this in the forefront of your mind.Stack as much gold and silver that you can.If silver and gold are rising,it means products are also rising.If silver reaches 50.00 per ounce.Just imagine the cost of a loaf of bread,milk,eggs.Buy your silver, and gold as much as you can,while goods are cheeper.Brcause goods are going to rise and then explode.I soen any money after i pay my bills then use cash only to purchase from my local coin shop.

Boating accidents and divorce are very dangerous to ones stack. My ex hated my stacking habits.... until the divorce happened.

Given myself the goal to get to 100oz silver and 1oz gold in a year!

I'm new here so guess I'll comment. I started with 100oz goal then 500 and 800. Lately I've been getting 90% Dimes for $2.10 or so. So I get 14 for less than 1oz eagle. Equally the same silver and both American. Plus u get 14 Dimes. Just my opinion at what I'm doing this moment and It changes

Simple answer . As much as you can afford

Libertads!!

It really takes a lot of trial and error to learn anything. Stacking is no different.

So, where do most of you buy from? Local Pawn Shops? Online?

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My goal 1k oz per family member. 10oz of gold per family member.

Remember that you may want a lot outside the system. I live in Canada and saw what they did to truckers and people who supported them I know several people who gave $20 and lost access to their bank accounts.

How much silver should you put on a boat? All of it.

every time i want to but more the price goes up. then i wait for it to go down then it goes up more. timing is never a good thing. i got 306oz over the last 11 years. i like buying the kooks since they always gain value over the years.

For each family member. However much they can comfortably carry for a few miles. This is the minimum

I need to see an episode about some of these boating stories … how does 1 simply find themselves on a boat loaded with gold silver & guns & ammo? … is there a pirates of the Caribbean milsim happening or something ?

I know a guy who had 9500 oz ....He also had a terrible boating accident ...such a loss

The main worry I have is that military uses so much more silver than any other sector... And the government could declare it illegal to own and sell due to national security. All countries might do the same. They say no much is recycled and makes it much more rare compared to gold

I have 2100 ounces.. how am I doing?

Would you suggest 100 per family member or overall? Smart post! 👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸

Take it from someone who knows an ounce is an ounce it doesn't really matter what it is only silver eagles will bring a little bit more to someone that's buying large amounts of silver that being said yes there are collectors and private parties that may give you more for rare type of coins..... but if you sell large quantities in bulk a buffalo round is as good as a buffalo rectangle is as good as a Canadian leaf Maple Leaf it's all the same when they're buying

You could legit fill in for the voice actor on Bob's Burgers

ENGLEHARD bars are the best ❤

Great points! 100oz is a good goal.

Well, I wouldn’t say 2800 will go a long way, but it will probably get you through one crisis anyway.

My boat had just over 300 Oz .999, $35 face in 90%, and 7 1/10th oz gold coins. All gone!

8:10, one caveat as far as paying off debt first. Pay YOURSELF first. Take the maximum amount you can and pay yourself 10% of your net pay and buy metals. If your budget is too tight for that, set you goal of buying $1 face value of 90% Constitutional Silver coins (dime, quarters, half dollars). The money set aside is not a Christmas fund or new tires fund. It is your sacred money to use when you get older, or have a true emergency. Consider this money untouchable so do not over do it. BUT PAY YOURSELVES FIRST. Banks will bail-in your money, bankers bankrupt the bank and get golden parachute and are rescued by Congress, illegally I might add.

Low and slow is how to stack

I gave all my silver away to family as gifts. I have none left