What Gold & Silver I’d Buy Today With $1,500

Added: 2026-05-10

[00:00:00]Welcome back to the channel. Welcome back to Fresh Roots 92 Gold gold stacking collectible gold bars little bit of silver here and there. That's what you're into. You're in the right place. Be sure to subscribe. I want to give a huge shout out to all the new subscribers. To be honest with you guys, the last few days have been the biggest increase of subscribers and views that I've ever had doing YouTube and making videos and I'm really appreciative for this community.

[00:00:25]I'm really stoked that I kind of it was destined to be honest with you. I was making car content and and everything kind of changed with that when I got it and some trouble and I figured you know what? Maybe I'm not meant to do that.

[00:00:35]Maybe I'm meant to spread the word about gold gold stacking investing precious metals that type of thing my other passion and and here I am and that's what we're doing and I'm really thankful to be able to do that here on YouTube and thankful for all of you guys that are watching. So, what would you do if you had 1,500 bucks to spend today or invest in precious metals? That's what today's video is going to be about.

[00:00:58]Today's May 9th, 2026. We're sitting at about 4,700 bucks on gold and we went up to 81 on silver as of this video, which is awesome cuz I bought these last week when it and to me it made sense to be buying silver. We're at like 73, 74 bucks. I said if it ever hits those numbers, I'm going to go ahead and spring on some silver, which is not something that I usually do. If you've been watching the channel, you know that I got lucky last year with with this this little stash of silver right here.

[00:01:27]This is an entire set. It's a six six bar set. They're all 20 grams each and then they're the silver producing nations from the silver mint. These are really cool guys. I got a nice little steal on these last year when I was actually doing some glass work in a shop neighbor of mine had some silver he was looking to get rid of. So, I mean silver was even I think it was at like 50 and I I offered him less than 30 on these.

[00:01:52]It's not something I was looking to do.

[00:01:53]He needed the cash, made it happen and here we are and we're above 81 on these.

[00:01:58]So, we're definitely well in the green on these and I've seen these definitely sell for some collectors premiums as well. This is a cool one. This is from the Hamilton mint. It's the C love medallion from 1976. So, these are all from the '70s. I don't have the box for this set. It came in a pretty sweet box.

[00:02:13]I wish I did. Now, we'll end up getting these in some capsules. They were in some capsules that were kind of not really fitting them right and then they were the old ones that this guy kind of gave them to me in. So, we took them out of Actually, they didn't even come in capsules. They were in some like really bad sleeves. So, I'm going to have to get these some proper capsules pretty soon. Probably this week upcoming week I'm going to do that cuz these are really cool, but they were not kept in very good condition. So, they got a little toning, a little bit of love on them as I call it, but they're really cool. They're all from the '70s.

[00:02:43]This is a 1974 bar. Again, the Madison mint. Cool bar.

[00:02:48]Really cool bar. This is a Madison mint.

[00:02:50]What does it say? This and these are Hamilton mint. So, this is Hamilton mint, Madison mint. We got this Rarities bar, which is really cool. These guys used to make stuff for Disney out in Anaheim. So, if you've heard of the Rarities bars, I wish it was a Disney one cuz they used to have some Disney ones, but this is one of their their bars out there from Anaheim. For this this They don't make bars anymore. They have since shut down, which is sad, but but it is a fact and then so these are kind of sought after, really cool. So, I've been thinking, do I do I trade in my silver for gold right now? Does the ratio make I've been studying the ratio.

[00:03:21]I'm sure a lot of you guys also study the ratio and I've been studying that gold to silver ratio and it seems like right now it makes sense to be buying gold, but does it also make sense to maybe trade in some silver for some gold right now? I don't know. I've been thinking about it. I think I think we've all watched all the analysts videos and things like that. I saw one from Silver Dragons yesterday and there was an SD Bullion analyst talking about silver's going to go past 300 bucks an ounce. I mean, which is interesting and then I'll trust me, all the signs do point to it.

[00:03:51]It's an industrial metal. There's a lot of demand coming up for it with AI and and tech and China's buying a whole bunch of it. But at the end of the day, I was kind of really going down this rabbit hole. I think if prices continue to rise on silver that much, that silver production will just ramp up. There's a lot of silver out there. There's a lot of 90% that can be refined that a lot of shops and wholesalers are sitting on.

[00:04:12]They're selling for under spot right now. And it's cuz there's a bottleneck at the refineries, I believe, because silver just is not as high of a ticket item as as is is it cost to refine it.

[00:04:22]So, I think if that did that changes, if if it goes up and it makes sense to to continue to ramp up production on refinery of silver that that can really change things. Again, we're talking about things from the consumer market.

[00:04:34]So, I don't know if the consumer market even plays a role in the price of gold and and the price of silver. I think it's all beyond really the consumer market. But how will affect us is those premiums, right? 1 or 2% on a really big number is is is is a bigger number than what we're dealing with now, right? So, if we're 2% on 6,000 is 120 bucks. 2% on 5,000 is 100 bucks. So, it's a it's it's a difference right there. So, even if they're charging these shops are charging or these these gold dealers are charging the same percentage, it's going to be a bigger dollar amount, right? So, that might put gold out of the reach for some people if it continues to climb or if we see another bull run and it touches past, you know, where it was 55, 5600 bucks or even it touches 6,000, that's going to put gold out of the reach for a lot of people once these premiums are added on. It's just definitely something to consider. 1,300 bucks was the cheapest I could find a quarter ounce eagle for and it seemed like even that the maples were selling for a little more, which is interesting.

[00:05:29]At my local coin shop, if he gets in the maples, he's selling them for a little bit cheaper than the eagles. And he'll sell me, if he ever gets them in, he'll sell me a panda at just about spot, right? Because he's buying them for less than spot and his spread essentially is the same. So, I'm looking at the spreads of different shops and it almost seems that if you can just play the spreads right then you're almost just going to be locking in a specific number. But but for me it's been the Eagles just for their ease of [snorts] liquidity here in the US, but not to say that the the maples are any [clears throat] harder to sell because they're not and if you can get them for a little less then I really don't have any problem with it. Um as far as you know I'm being a smart move I don't think it's it's a bad move at all.

[00:06:09]It is what it is. It's all really about preference.

[00:06:12]At the end of the day for me I'm getting the 1 10 oz gold Eagles every month but that might change. It might change on what happens. See if we can get this to focus on this absolute beauty. Um it might change. If silver drops down to to 50 bucks then I might say start buying some silver, right? But it all really depends on what that ratio is. I've been paying some attention to it. And and and it kind of makes sense.

[00:06:35]It makes sense to follow it and and to kind of switch on what you're buying a little bit more of depending on what the ratio is. And right now it points to gold. It points to gold. Let me check to see what the ratio is exactly today as opposed to what it was last week. As of today the ratio has changed. It's changed a lot since last week. It's at 58 and last week it was at about 62. So that means it takes 58 oz of silver to buy 1 oz of gold and last week that was 62 oz of silver to buy 1 oz of gold. So it almost would seem that or theoretically the the analysts would say or the experts would say that it made sense to buy silver last week and that's kind of again something that I was studying and that's the reason that I bought the silver last week but doesn't make sense to buy it this week with with it dropping below 60 in my opinion. But again these analysts are saying that that that is going to change. It's going to change here real soon. I kind of sort of disagree. I think gold is the better buy for a safe haven storage of wealth type of deal. I think silver's got some room to grow in the short term but the volatility of it it's got me scared. So if if I was a silver stacker primarily, I would be looking personally, this is me personally speaking, I'm not a financial advisor, an analyst, or anything like that. I'm just a stacker that honestly prefers gold over silver, but is that honestly all also paying attention to both of them. Um but again, if I was a silver stacker, I would look into maybe trading some silver for some gold. I don't even have a lot of silver, and I'm really considering it. Um I think that if silver goes up any further, I don't even care if these are vintage or not, I'll be selling I will be selling them um or trading them, however you want to look at it. I mean, I'm sure my shop has to actually buy them from me, and then we'll have to work that all out. I haven't done that yet. Uh but maybe that's something I'll let you know on how it all goes down.

[00:08:21]But but I think that's what I I might do if if if it changes any bit more, um then I'm going to change. I mean, if if the ratio drops to 50 or something, I'm going to go out and just sell uh what silver that I have, and I'm going to trade it in for gold. I think that's what makes sense. I mean, I don't know.

[00:08:38]It's everyone's going to have a different strategy on things. And and I'm not really into precious metals to like make a quick buck or or anything like that, but I think it's interesting if you can do that, if you can get, you know, if the ratio is 80 to 1, and you can you can snag up 80 oz of silver, and then it drops down to 50 or 1, and you can trade that, you know, 50 oz of silver, let's say 53, what I whatever after your shop costs and kind of fees and stuff. You trade 53 or 55 oz of silver for an oz of gold, you just get to keep, you know, 27 oz of silver for free, or you get to profit on it if you decide to sell it, too. So, that's kind of where it starts to make sense, and I think it's interesting, and it's definitely something that I've started to really start to pay attention to. Um but again, if I had 1,500 bucks to spend today on gold or silver, I would buy a quarter oz of gold. I'd buy a gold eagle or a gold panda or gold maple leaf, something one of these three, cuz these are the three most recognizable. I mean, people hate on the pandas, but I I them, and some people collect them because they change that image every year, which is cool. So, I have no problem or anything with the Panda, but I know a lot of people here in the US do. Um you know, they claim there's fakes and this and that and the other. Just make sure you get a real one. Um but you can usually get a deal on these sometime. I At least I do. I get a deal on these when they hit my local coin shop. So, uh keep an eye out for that, but I would buy a 1/4 oz of gold. And and I guess if you have to scratch the itch, you would have a you know, maybe a couple hundred extra bucks, and I'll buy a couple ounces of silver. But make sure that the silver that you buy would be something that's easily recognizable and easy to sell and easy to trade in uh for gold.

[00:10:12]If you had to spend all of it, um that's what I would do. I would grab the the 1/4 oz of gold, and then the rest of it I would I would put into silver. But if you have the choice, put that cash in your pocket. It's not necessarily the best time to be buying silver, you know, it just passed 81, and last week it was at 73. So, it's really volatile. It is so volatile. It's more volatile than gold, and that's kind of why I personally prefer gold over silver, and I'm primarily a gold stacker. And I like it a lot better. I don't know, there's something about gold that I like a lot, and I've always been a believer in. So, so that's kind of where I am as far as stacking primarily. I'll always stack more gold than silver. I'll collect more gold than silver. You know, the numismatics that I like and collect are also going to be in gold. Collect the PAMP Swiss collectible bars. I really love and enjoy those. Um and I've seen some some really good returns on them also. And I know I know a lot of people don't like them because they have massive premiums, but I've bought some that I packed in 2023, and uh those premiums have far been eaten away by what's happened with the price of gold. And so, I have some cool collectible bars that are steel. I mean, I'm already in the green on them, and they're collectible. So, now they have the collectible uh collector's premium also, and it's kind of like a numismatic premium. It's But it's it's uh it's a little different. It's kind of new. So, be sure to check out some of those collectible gold bar videos from PAMP that I have cuz they're definitely new and they're something interesting. I think that as this hobby grows and and grows and more people get into it. I think that those are going to be something that to look out for too. So if you're interested in collectible gold bars, those are definitely something to keep an eye on and check out because they they bridge the gap between collectibles and gold bullion especially coming out of a company like PAMP. And this isn't sponsored by PAMP or anything, but I do like those bars. I think that they're interesting. I think they're cool and bridging that gap between collectibles and gold bullion is something I just don't I didn't I didn't see it coming. I I got to be honest with you being stacking for over a decade, I didn't see that coming from PAMP. I mean I think it's a great idea. I see the Perth Perth Mint has also kind of sort of done it. I actually have a 1-gram SpongeBob bar from them. So it's cool.

[00:12:18]It's definitely something cool and interesting. I see the even the US Mint is doing like Marvel stuff. I mean it's interesting guys. What is happening right now? We're in a new age of gold gold stacking, silver, collectibles.

[00:12:30]This whole thing is is all really new and it's interesting and I want to know what you guys are stacking. What do you guys buy? What would you do if you had 1,500 bucks to spend on gold or silver today? Would you buy a bunch of silver?

[00:12:40]Would you buy a bunch of gold? Would you do the split like I recommended? Grab a 1/4 oz of gold and maybe the rest on silver. That's what I would if you had to spend it, that's what I would do. 2 oz of silver and I would grab a 1/4 oz of gold and and that's what I would spend my 1,500 bucks on. But let me know what you guys think. Some of you seasoned stackers, you probably better I know better than I do and and I'm I'm I'm really trying to hear from you. So let me know down in the comments below.

[00:13:06]What are you stacking? What are you buying? Should you trade in your silver for gold now? Is the ratio going to get even bigger? Should we continue to buy silver and trade it in later? What are we doing guys? What should we do? Let me know down in the comments below and thank all of you again. All you new subscribers, I really thank you for joining the channel and I'm going to be dropping a video just about every day.

[00:13:25]Let's keep growing our stacks together.

[00:13:27]Gold and silver, let's have some fun along the way and I'll catch you on the next one. Much love.