Gold is one of the final assets people will flee into. thats why it wont drop as far as others
Silver is 1) a speculative vehicle and 2) and more of an industrial metal than gold and will hence drop like a stone if deflation is in full force
Not me. Full-force deflation implies a lot of other extreme financial grief, and the official monetary systems are already on thin ice which would likely crack early in the game.
I was more interested in silver to mitigate against genuine calamities due to operational consideration. Only when I got that check-box ticked off did my interest shift more to gold.
A slight elevation in the interest and awareness in silver could have tidal-wave effects in the valuations due to supply side differences in the material. Gold also, but to a lesser extent, and again, it's likely that many Joe Sixpack types would go for silver first for the same types of operational issues that I noted.
That's my call. I could be wrong...I often am.