My introduction to the #steemsilvergold community. Bringing the Precious Metals to steemit!

We live in a world full of crypto-currencies shooting to the moon and silver/gold manipulators play their games and corrupt the free market! A world where a passionate silver stacker, convinced that the precious metals will one day soon break free from the shackles of the paper market and join the crypto’s on their price surge out of this world, has no where to go. NOT ANY LONGER, there is a new wave of momentum on steemit, a surge into the #steemsilvergold community. A place for the regular silver stacker or gold bug to call home!

My Introduction and Background

I have been on the lookout for a gathering of like minded silver stackers and gold bugs here on steemit. It is with great pleasure that I stumbled across this new Silver and Gold community, thankyou @madein-hisimage and I look forward to offering some interesting content for the group to enjoy.

I have been stacking silver and a bit of gold for a little over a year now, I have stacked more than I thought I would. I was amazed how quickly my priorities changed when I was saving in silver instead of dollars. When collecting fiat dollars in my bank account I was very prone to impulse buying. Toys and gadgets, remote control cars and telescopes and other things that I had enjoyed and had fun with, but in reality I was just flittering my wealth away while locked into the ‘system’.

Now days when I impulse buy, it is silver that I jump on, which in reality is impulse saving! 

When I started I set myself a target (in ounces) that I wanted to stack within a year. I think I hit that target in about 6 or seven months! So having reached my ounce goal, by stacking maples, buffalos and other government backed coins and bars, I decided to diversify into some semi-numismatics with meaningful designs.

Silver Shield

The first design that really caught my eye was the Silver Shield Pieces Of Eight BU, I found one with a gold guild and it looked beautiful. The story behind the design was what really caught me, there was so much detail in the design, the fact it could be divided in eight equal pieces, with each piece stating it was 1/8 oz .999 silver and on the obverse side, each 1/8 segment had a different unique sword. I stacked a number of those and then started down a journey to the silver shield designs.

I am currently a member of the Silver Shield Group and am quite active in regards to buying Chris’s (Chris Duane) latest designs. I hope to do some reviews on the silver shield coins, with information on the message behind the design. I know that some of Chris’s designs are considered a little controversial to main stream thinkers but I think the message will resonate with any group of stackers. There is also a little controversy over the silver shield group with some of the longer term stackers, regarding the Mulligan Mint and the fiasco at the launch of the Silver Bullet Silver Shield brand and the first few strikes as the mint and owners had some problems. I understand this left a bad taste in some peoples mouth, but the brand has come along way since Chris took over running the whole operation. He has now been producing amazing designs and great quality strikes for a number of years now, so I hope nobody in this new community takes offence at any reviews I do. I feel any issues in regards to 2013 are long in the past and that this community will love some of the designs. Let me know if you are not aware of the Silver Shield designs and I might do an into post or video before I get into the reviews. 

To Infinity and Beyond

I look forward to being a part of this #steemsilvergold community as it starts to take off, engaging and encouraging some like minded people and hopefully we might even convert a few crypto bugs into cashing in some of there 1’s and 0’s for a little tangible wealth. 

I can’t wait to see some great posts and content on both silver and gold. Maybe even some stunning pictures. (The ones in this post are my own original pics) 

@silvernova