crackerdave
Senior Member
Gold or ammo?
Which would you choose if you could only have one or the other?
Which would you choose if you could only have one or the other?
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What would you choose?
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ddgarcia
Mr Non-Libertaw Got To Be Done My Way
Gold. Can always trade for.ammo later on.
tr21
Senior Member
ammo, because even if you have gold you need to be able to protect it !
tr21
Senior Member
I'll stick a .45 in your face and take your gold if I want it !!!!
Toliver
Senior Member
Ammo. Then I can take the gold and have both. 
Toliver
Senior Member
Stop posting faster than me!
tr21
Senior Member
tr21
Senior Member
Yea trade all right !
I have enough bullets to get me through anything that I would be able to survive at my age and in my condition. I will take gold and put it in a place where my grandkids can find it so that if they have to restart later they might have a leg up.
tr21
Senior Member
so tell me just what makes gold so valuable ? I used to day trade between $50k - 100k in gold stocks and options ! I ask many traders just what makes it so valuable, the answer was always "IT'S GOLD" ! to me it's a shinny metal ya can't eat it and you cant burn it to stay warm. It's really no different than tulips other than it doesn't wilt . you take your shinny metal and I'll take a cow and firewood ! I know you say you can trade gold for it but when the person with the cow has no use for a piece of shinny metal he'll keep his cow instead !
ddgarcia
Mr Non-Libertaw Got To Be Done My Way
An intrinsic value has been placed upon gold, and other soft, shiny metals, by man since its discovery centuries ago for many reasons. In the beginning because of its luster and workability and now for that and many more reasons.
And perception is reality. Whether it actually has that value for any of the reason, virtually all of mankind perceives it to be so, so it is.
livinoutdoors
Goatherding Non-socialist Bohemian Luddite
Seriously?
You are correct in the short term. But gold is valuable because of it's scarcity and it's qualities of being both pretty and incorruptible. It is also fairly easy to transport making it a good trade medium. It has always had value because of these factors and, in the long term, it always will.
To use your illustration, a cow is a wonderful thing if you need a cow. But if you need something else, a cow is not such a great thing and it is not very easy to carry it somewhere to barter it away.
menhadenman
Senior Member
Can’t nobody afford gold. Junk silver and 223/308 for the win.
tr21
Senior Member
I guess if ya got hungry you could always eat that gold. I guess it's no different than stock if times get really bad and your hungry and cold their worthless
That's exactly what I think and have for a long time.
People put value on things that are good for nothing other than looks or entertainment. I used to.
At the end of the day, I only need things I can eat, drink or stay warm or dry.
That said, Ill take the ammo.
The Original Rooster
Mayor of Spring Hill
Gold! I've already got the ammo. 
Ammo. More versatile than gold and easier to barter with than gold.
The value of gold, real or perceived, is what removes it from my barter and sale systems. For every 1 person who will buy or trade for 1 ounce of gold there are hundreds of people who will buy or trade for 1 box of ammo.
Now if you had said ammo or SILVER, well, I would still pick ammo, but silver in my opinion is much easier to sell and barter with than gold - due to spot value being way more affordable to many more people.
The value of gold, real or perceived, is what removes it from my barter and sale systems. For every 1 person who will buy or trade for 1 ounce of gold there are hundreds of people who will buy or trade for 1 box of ammo.
Now if you had said ammo or SILVER, well, I would still pick ammo, but silver in my opinion is much easier to sell and barter with than gold - due to spot value being way more affordable to many more people.
ddgarcia
Mr Non-Libertaw Got To Be Done My Way
The "value" is no different. It simply takes less gold to make the value of silver.
Yes, silver more closely resembles our current, worthless paper currency due to its lower perceived value per "X" quantity, but you simply deal in smaller quantities with gold.
As for ammo as a means of barter, the same problem applies as with ANY barter item. You can bring me all the 30.06 or 6.5CM you want, but I couldn't care less as I have no weapon that will shoot either. And I wouldn't take them in a "fair" trade in the hopes that the next guy will have/want/need said calibers.
Every gram or ounce of gold I have moved has been more difficult than every ounce of silver. And I mean such a pain I stopped acquiring gold because the work to move it is more than I want to do. I attribute this to the value of each, and more people having the money for silver versus gold. Very easy to sell or trade silver, the marker is much wider and deeper.
Bartering ammo is easy if your ammo is of a common caliber. 9mm, 45, 223, 22lr, etc. These are easy to move compared to the oddball calibers - .41 mag, 5.7x28, etc.
If considering ammo or gold as an investment, I say ammo is more highly liquid than gold.
