As far as I am concerned, buying gold or silver is like sitting down to a poker game where you don't get to see the other players, you don't get your turn to shuffle, cut the cards or deal, and you can't see the winning cards or who know won the pot. You play out of faith that everyone will treat you fairly and hope for a big pot. I do like a little poker, but not like that.
Now I will invest in an old gun. Everytime I go to the safe, the whole gun will be there.
Of course there may be a time when gold goes to ten thousand dollar and a loaf of bread could be $450.99 on sale! You have to think of it in terms of the cost of gold never changes, what changes is the value of the dollar.