Not that long ago the American dream may have been to live in a big city. A great and exciting journey. Everything you could ever want easily available and at your fingertips. Cultural diversity to broaden your experiences. More work and school opportunities than you could ever find in a smaller town. Bright lights bright views and bright dreams. Let's face it if done right even public transportation can also be a… Read more
Americas Collapse Part 1.1: The Rise of China
A government website NIC National Intelligence Council has recently explored the likely possibility of "megatrends" that will impact America through the year 2030. Well, Asia is a monster... and the buck stops at China. The report was quite astonishing. It quite convincingly explains how America one day will be overshadowed by China as the world's most economically powerful country or superpower. It also all but guarantees the strong possibility of a global… Read more
Saving pre-1982 Copper Pennies (Investing or staving an economic tumble)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dmv9X0N2e8 Hi... today I would like to talk about the value about pennies. More importantly copper pennies. In my previous video & blog post I mentioned the importance of saving silver not only for the possibility of economic collapse but also because of its metallic value. I feel the same way about copper. Copper pennies. Just as the federal government did away with silver in 1964 by minting its quarters and dimes… Read more
Ryedale Apprentice Coin Sorter Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvy_sCJT8Yk I guess this is more of a preview as I have not had the machine long enough to review its durability. There are several coin sorting machines that measure the density of the penny to determine whether or not such a penny is copper. The RYEDALE is slightly different. it basically acts s a metal detector or an alloy sorter. You put a sample coin inside this unit that stays there… Read more
List of Post Collapse Medical Supplies one should have stashed
David adds: This is a re-posted guest article on Modern Survival Blog from ‘Nurse Amy’ of DoomAndBloom.net. This is a very interesting and informative list. Guest post: by ‘Nurse Amy’ Here’s my list of Collapse medical supplies with natural remedies included (we should have these as back-ups or for first use supplies to save commercially made items!). Dr.Bones and I spend a lot of time and energy researching “back-up” plans for traditional… Read more
Stocking up on Nickels (Investing & staving a collapse)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-pUfyluGY Hello there. In my earlier blog posts, I went over the importance of saving silver and using coin roll hunting as a method of finding it for free. I also talked about the importance of saving pre -1982 pennies for their copper value. If you read that earlier post you know that the copper penny is worth almost three cents. Impressive... I know. Before I wrap up my section on lose… Read more
Coin Roll Hunting: Obtaining Silver for a Post Economic Collapse
If you dislike reading you can skip to the video below! Today I would like to talk about the value of silver. Coin roll hunting is a very easy way to obtain silver and to my knowledge I can think of no other way to do so for free outside of using a metal detector and digging into the earth. That's right,silver coins can be found today in circulation. Here is a… Read more