Vance665, on 22 October 2012 - 10:21 PM, said:
You can't eat gold or silver.
Metals will still be a currency in all but the most extreme collapses, but yes it's good to have a store of alternate currencies.... Yes I admit it, I'm a bit of preper.
Alternate currencies.
---Heirloom seeds and a steady working garden the produces more of them.
--A well made still.

people will always trade for booze
--modern traps. Conibears and leg holds are fairly cheap. Not only will they be worth their weight in gold, you can use them to keep your family fed.
---- lighters and matches. Once a modern economy is gone people will want easy ways
to start fires.
---- toilet paper.... Oh yeah
------ ammunition/fire arms
---fish pen & fish mox amoung others. ( you will have to research why this is a must have)
--- water purification tablets.
--- martial arts training. I'm not talking MMA, though the jujitsu is good, im talking about critical training. MMA training will get most normal people in trouble in severe situations.
---- aboriginal skills. Study and practice every kind of survival skill you can find. ( Dave canterbury is a good resource to start with, but I prefer primitive skills. If you can do it with nothing, you will have an easier time with modern materials)
Have fun.
"To know oneself is to study one self in action with another person. Relationship is a process of self evaluation and self revelation. Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself - to be is to be related."---Bruce Lee