Hey Seeker, you didn't discuss the new class of stacker that's slowly creeping their way into the community. The Spender stacker! I'm one of them! I have a spending problem and I just can't keep my money in my wallet or in my bank account, because I've lived paycheck to paycheck my whole life and so saving money just wasn't something I was used to and it just doesn't feel good not to have something in my hands... Gold and Silver in physical form (bullion or numismatics) give me the joy of spending my money on something I can hold in my hands and best part is it retains it's value and it won't get thrown in the trash like 99% of the goods bought by consumers that isn't food or medicine. I think you should talk to spenders who buy Gold and Silver to protect their money from themselves to get some insight and then do a video on what you learn from them.
That's actually a pretty good perspective. My wife likes to spend money on clothes and decorations and plenty of other things that end up going to Goodwill or the dump. I personally enjoy spending money too, but it's to buy golden & silver which will always retain value, and will hopefully keep up with inflation.
@@SilverRhino. Some people consider my wife and I to be wealthy, yet she will shop at Good Will stores and find some really great bargains. Not too long ago, she found a beautiful blouse that still had its original $106 price tag on it for $6. It's the thrill of the hunt for her and if she doesn't find a really good deal, she keeps her fiat for the next adventure. Personally, I just hate spending money unless it is on PMs or ammo. I'll treat myself to something nice once in a great while, like a new TV or the parts to build a new PC but that's about it for me. I don't golf, gamble, smoke, or desire a lot of travel so PMs are my hobby and my passion. Bowling, reading, and fishing are also good and not that expensive as hobbies go. 🙂
@@SilverRhino. You know what, I just thought of something... Perhaps if you gifted her a small piece of gold (a quarter-ounce or something similar) that a theme she really loves or perhaps a round with her name on it, maybe that'll open her eyes to our world.
From 1993 till 2008, I was mostly stacking gold but did stack a little silver. At least 20% of every pay check went towards precious metals. On March of 2020, I traded all my gold for silver when the GSR was 128.75 to 1. Now that trade has almost tripled in value. All I have now is silver but I live deep in the country and don't plan on bugging out. I'm staying put because I'm in a safe and protected spot. I can see where you would want to have gold if your living in a city because it's much easier to move quickly with a lot of money.
Nice move on cashing in on the VERY high GSR and making your stack 50% or more larger. That's good business, IMO. I have a lot of silver and will be looking for a silver squeeze to sell off about 2/3 of my silver stack to buy more gold. The GSR will need to be around 40:1 for me to start selling silver. I will do that in 10% increments every 2 points that the GSR declines until that 2/3 of my stack has been converted to gold. I'm keeping the 1/3 of my stack that is US 90% silver coins, just in case we really do get into a barter economy. In 2011 the GSR dropped to about 32:1, so 40:1 is not impossible and 2013 was only 11 years ago, so not a stretch by historical standards.
@@edb3877 I actually think that the GSR will end up being a 16 to 1 or less ratio within less than five years because President Trump will end the private western central banking system world wide and putting we the people back onto a sound money system which will cause the value of gold and silver to skyrocket. Yes, the FED and IRS are both private companies and the people that own them will be hung for treason. In the 80's the mining ratio was 14 to 1 but they changed it to a 7.1 to 1 ratio. That's a 50% hair cut. In 1964, they removed silver from coinage world wide which was a 100% hair cut. The above ground silver supply is basically gone making it very difficult to find it now. If the mining ratio is basically a 7 to 1 ratio now and the GSR goes to a 7 to 1 ratio than essentially, both gold and silver will be valued at the same price per ounce. That's something to think about. Back in history, silver was more valuable than gold and that's proven because one of the pharaohs of Egypt had a silver sarcophagus that they found and they only found one so far. The East India Company sometimes wanted gold and other times wanted silver. I think during that time that both gold and silver were valued the same but I'm not positive about that.
I started stacking 1/10 ounces of gold back in 2015 when I discovered my silver stack was taking up too much space. Haven’t look back since. My gold stack is SO small in comparison to my lower value silver stack it’s not even a comparison. If I had to move quickly my gold stack would be just as easy as carrying my wallet and has far greater value.
I love those Valcambi Combibars! They can easily be broken down into individual gram or 1/10th-ounce bars, depending on which bars you have. They make a nice bridge between gold ounces and silver ounces. Like below 1-ounce silver rounds, 90% silver has silver Dollars, Halves, Quarters, and Dimes, Combibars could get you closer to paying the actual cost of something and not having to rely on someone else making change for you, sort of like paying with exact change.
I stack what I can and when I can for the fun and the love of it .For a while, I lost that feeling .The feeling of being excited to enter a coin shop and also just knowing I had my own treasure of all different coins, gold silver ,rounds, bars, or junk a hobby that no matter what will be worth something. But for a while, i lost that feeling. All the news and ups and downs in price and dooms day chatter just took that away .but now I'm back, and if I have extra cash for something I want, I just buy it and add it to the stack.Even if I buy at the highs or buy at the low there's alot of other stuff I could've blown the cash on that I would have nothing to show for .
Great video! I try to keep a good amount of silver, at a certain point it becomes to heavy to move myself so I've been trying to focus on gold it's just so darn expensive.
People buying gold over silver because of space & weight must really not care about the ratio trade from silver to gold. The ratio trade can get you ALOT more gold if you buy silver 1st & wait for the ratio to go down. The risk is minimal & leverage is Maximal.
I love buying gold and pre-33 gold! The only silver I enjoy is the Carson City Morgans but other than that silver does nothing for me. I have a little silver that I first bought before I started buying gold I now would have never even bought that small amount if I had to do it again!
Gold is for wealth preservation. Also, gold is good if you need to run. Silver will be good for barter. BTW, the word for "silver" and the word for "money" is the same in 14 languages. Gold is used as the standard for quality for centuries - eg. the golden rule, "all the glitters is not gold", good as gold. These metals will once again become embedded in our daily lives. The silver standard was mostly eliminated in 1965 coinage and the USD was severed from a gold in 1971. 50 - 60 years of this nonsense fiat garbage is really not a very long time when compared to millennia use of precious metals in our consciousness.
The gsr is way more important than most realize. Silver seems to bulky but when ratio moves back to historical norms it is what it is. At 40 to 1 silver isn't quit so bulky and in the coming debt problem its likely to go lower. In that situation silver will have been a great investment.
☺️ Huge! Been trying to trade on my own for a while now, but it isn’t going well. few weeks ago I lost about $70,000 in the trade. Can you please at least advise me on what to do?
I think all you need is an expert assigned by a brokerage company that will trade for you and handle your capital professionally and give you weekly returns of investment without any extra fees attached.
Goodness gracious, I'm so excited seeing ms. Linda Bradford been mentioned here also. Didn't know she has been good to other people too, this is wonderful because I also started with a RU-vid referral like this.
i cannot buy ounces of gold at once so I buy silver until, I get enough then I trade it for gold, when I get too much silver helps for people on small budget.
You have a better chance of making more profits with silver than gold. I own zero gold. I just keep buying 10oz bars, and my last purchase was during covid crash when it was dirt cheap. I went all in on silver bars. 😂
Hey Seeker, I'm a bit late into stacking and recently learning. I'd like to see you do a video for novices explaining GSR and when to trade in silver for gold (if it's based on GSR) or not.
Great vid! Prep in all aspects of survival. Food first, lead/brass, then PM's. My fam won't starve for at least a year and we can protect what we have. 🤠
At the end where you likened each denomination of coin in dollar terms would make it SO much easier to explain to people for the usage of constitutional/fractional silver for trade and barter. It's been the one thing that I have been having problems to relate reason I stack silver. (even though it's not exactly how it may go). Makes it easier for me to tell people so they can relate. Great and informative video. Thanks.
A tube of AGE’s I would say is plenty, for one I’m not traveling nor do I want too. Silver is entirely enough for me in sovereign bullion and of course my ongoing certified silver dollar collection. I believe food and essentials, protection, and don’t forget about fuel of many types.
Good call on the fuel part. My wife and I invested in a wood stove that replaced our temperamental pellet stove. There's plenty of scrap wood around here for the taking as people often want a tree or two removed and don't need or want the wood. I built a storage shed for garden tools and firewood and its filled with dry firewood for the coming winter. We won't have to be spending a lot on electricity with the electric furnace only seeing occasional use.
Very good video. For me, I started buying gold and silver together. Sovs and 1oz silver Brits about 7 years ago. When gold hit $2000 about 18 months ago I sold the sovs for 50% tax free profit (I'm a Brit in UK). Carried on buying all kinds of silver. About 6 months ago I started buying gold again. Now as silver has hit $30 I'm finding it v expensive to buy in terms of premiums, private sellers are as bad as dealers with what they're asking for. So I've stopped buying silver in last month or so, plus as u say silver takes up so much space I've kind of run out of space. So I'm focused on gold, sovs, tenths, 1/4 Oz etc purely for liquidity.
Convert the mass volume to mass value as you go! 🫡 This was/is advertently how I stack/collect! Saving space and monies! It is how I went to Italy in 2018. (The best 2 week trip of my life) It is also what saved me/ survived me from a layoff in 2021 Buying metals has helped me save money! I get my fix of spending money by buying money! Stacking vs. Collecting I have 2 different "Stacks" Stuff I "collect" is to pass on to my kids and my kids' kids.. For the future of my grandkids' lifetime Stuff I "stack" is to save money for the future of my lifetime!😂 All in all, it's preparation! and serves me as I need, and/or how I choose to use it💪🏾 Great video SEEKER🫡
Ya, im new to stacking. started this year, i have a decent savings. Ive switched from only silver to more gold. Still buying silver tho. Not that im getting large quantities tho.
Anytime I've considered buying gold, I can't get past the natural 1:8 or historical 1:20 ratios. When Seeker does the comparison, my sentiment is solidified even further as there's no logical way to validate that ratio. Great vid.
In my experience, if you need to sell, the premium lost on gold is much less than silver. It speaks a lot to the ease at which dealers sell gold vs silver.
In ounces, my G/S ratio is around 73. I've been waiting for the spot G/S ratio to be at a more favorable level so I can unload/trade some silver into a more compact position. No complaints, I've done well on both.
Is that a silver to gold ratio and not a gold to silver ratio? My S/G ratio is about 82:1 in ozs. but the actual value of gold and silver is about even in US$.
Just me, but I'm not a fan of those breakable sheets of gold. (Don't own any) It just looks so tiny that it seems it would be easy to lose. JMO Feel the same way about the breakable silver rounds.
This is exactly why I switched to gold. When I started stacking, I got up to about 2k ounces of silver. Back then I thought I could "bug out" with my silver but realized I could not carry it with me through the woods. Sold most of it and made the switch.
I can attest to that I’m heavy on silver and light on gold not mad about it not sad about either amount but I do want to dump as much paper as I can as fast as I can I’ve only got about 20% of left of what I set out to spend and still have enough cash to get by
Gold isn't better than Silver & Silver isn't better than Gold either. They both have their positives/strengths but they are used for different applications.
The weight issue with silver has me leaning toward gold, only because I have well over a 100 pounds of rounds, sovereigns, bars and Constitutional. With the ratio upside down, I have my indecisive moments, but I'm running out of room. LOL
I can't even say how many times I've commented in videos and said I'm buying mostly gold and I've been told how much of a mistake I'm making (which I find hilarious because my gold is up more than my silver over the last couple of decades). I love silver but gold takes significantly less space and if I don't want someone walking off with my stack keeping it in a safe is important
Another thought, you can buy online like eBay gold jewelry in many different forms in 10K, 14K, 18K, 22K at and below melt and spot. Just another thought about enjoying your gold or even platinum jewelry that you can wear it daily or on those special occasions. If your don’t reward yourself, no one else will.
@@kconnor4568 definitely do your homework, so far no problems here. Of course there is always a first time. You never know what you can find at these different places like online, thrift stores, flea markets and yard sales for starters. Even over time some gold or platinum watches and even precious things like crystal stones can be found here and there too. For one thing I’m addicted to shopping anything I can flip for a dollar or two including rare coins, art glass and pottery, MCM, DM and anything in-between. Learning value in just about anything and of course you need to learn how to market your finds as well.
@@kconnor4568 I don’t trust anyone, even the ones that I feel safe buying from can be fooled too. One thing I can say is eBay and the sellers have always been there when issues arise. The biggest problem sellers are the ones selling engine car parts causing me to lean more towards original OME parts locally.
Personally, I also stack 95% Copper pre1982 cents. My reasoning is that even today, $10 FV in 95% copper cents is roughly one troy ounce of silver worth of value. Add to it that most people don't have gold or silver, the 95% copper cents feel like they'd be good for entry level bartering with a familiar monetary piece that many would posess incidentally just before any collapse. I'd rather it be revealed locally that I have stores of copper than silver or gold, strictly because eventhough civilization may return within a year old collapse, even today someone might feel desperate enough to shank someone without any qualms for a few ounces of silver, let alone an ounce of gold.
Agreed. Even during the 1930s, a lot of large cap blue chip companies came through the Great Depression with minimal losses... some even gained in share value. Anyone buying depressed shares did very well if they could hold those shares until the depression ended.
I think its good to hold some silver but gold is very clearly the winner and not just because of the weight. If you can afford gold why bother with silver unless you want collectibles
Its is not value but price. Value of silver is about from 9:1 to gold to 16:1 to gold. That is true value. Price is not value representation. This is why people like Mike Maloney and plenty others says that silver is so cheap. That means undervalued vs gold measured in USD.
Good point. HOWEVER this sheet of Gold would have to be converted back if used like Constitutional Silver backed by a soverien nation’s government. Rounds cannot but coins with 90% silver content and 10% copper. And take roughly 3 silver dollars to equal one troy ounce. Or 14 silver dimes. But Gold is great for protecting one’s wealth against a recession. Funny to be able to buy precious metals with Federal Reserve Notes.
Unfortunately I was forced to sell the last of my gold about two (2) months ago. I seriously wonder if I'll be able to buy gold again. The premium on small denomination gold is IMO a fools errand.
I started with silver because of the cost but learned quickly stack gold follow the rich and banks they don’t lose gold has never done what silver has done never has it went to 2500 then go to 1100 like silver has done gone to 50 then 14 bucks gold is always steady going up it takes small dips but always goes up. Silver takes forever to get your money back gold don’t. Buy gold silver is poor man’s metal
