My greatest fear is that the PTB might use this PM tumble to implement changes to the current IRS 1099 gold and silver reporting requirements, thus hammering their value even further. Let's face facts, THEY don't want people in PMs.
About fifteen years back I put my 2.5K into a Fidelity IRA which promptly went to zero in two years. That's when I decided to put my "savings" into reducing real estate debt and getting PMs.