Honestly, if I had money to spare, I'd be buying things like (long term) stored food, water, supplies. I don't think gold will be worth much when the SHTF. I think that even cigarettes will be a better form of "currency". You can't eat gold, and it would depend on whether it's accepted on the black market, since the US government could just outlaw it for use in commerce. FDR confiscated all the gold from "hoaders" during the Great Depression.