Silver Coin Giveaway until this Saturday!
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The American Preppers Network has covered the use of silver for survival on many occasions, so when our friends at Garfield Refining reached out and offered our site a silver coin giveaway, we took them up on the offer!
Just some quick background on our giveaway host – Garfield Refining is a 120-year old precious metal refinery that provides refining services for gold, silver, platinum and palladium for individuals and businesses across the nation. They’ve just launched their new website and to celebrate they’re giving away silver!
So, the prize? A total of four 1oz Silver Eagle Coins!
To enter to win, first subscribe to the APN newsletter, then all you need to do is answer the following question in the comments section below (limit one comment per visitor).
- If you were limited to one additional item in your prep kit, besides food, water and weapons, what would that one item be, and why?
We’ll run the contest through Saturday, October 5 and choose a comment at random from the bunch to win all four coins!
And, for more info on Garfield Refining and updates on precious metal pricing, visit Garfield Refining on Google Plus or on Facebook.
I would choose heirloom seeds so I could start a garden. Or a lighter.
A compass…you need to know where you are going ! A compass is perhaps the most important essential item in your survival kit.
A rain barrel, but if that counts as water, then I’d go with Swedish fire steel
My information binder with pictures of everyone, important documents, chemical formulas, maps, and other info for on the go
A first aid kit (including basic medicines like painkillers and antibiotics) – I have four sons, and none of us are incredibly graceful. An infected cut could end up being extremely serious.
An accurate, self-winding wristwatch (perhaps with a paracord band, providing yet another two in one “tool”). Knowing the correct time is essential to every form of navigation, not to mention that a wristwatch serves quite well as an improvised compass. Being able to keep track of the tides (where applicable), patterns of game animal movements (or of people to be avoided), knowing the times of sunrise and sunset–all are very useful pieces of survival information. A self-winding or “automatic” wristwatch never needs batteries and as long as you are wearing it and moving around, you won’t have to worry about forgetting to wind it.
If a watch stops running, disassemble it. Pieces of a metal band, along with parts of the movement, can be used in making fishing lures, the crystals from some can be used to start fires. Pieces of a luminous dial will serve as nighttime trail markers.
I’d be interested in others’ ideas on the subject. I suspect a book could be filled with potential survival uses for a wristwatch.
Waterproof matches, once you have food and water ,everything else is a luxury, might as well be warm.
Some type of fire starting material. Having a fire is a great comfort and a means for keeping wild animals away.
A reliable fire starter to build a fire to keep warm and to cook the food needed to survive.
Although the contest is already passed, I wanted to say I put a med kit in there. My Mom was a nurse and you can never be prepared enough for real emergencies! She taught us that we needed to have basic things like plenty of bandages, soap, triple antibiotic ointment, bandaids, a splint, iodine in case of wounds that need sewing, which of course you would also need a way to sew up a wound so you would also need surgical thread and needle the curvy kind, scissors and other stuff I cannot think of.
I would have a way to make fire over and over again.
Silver coins I won from Garfield Refining……paper money will be worthless. Silver and gold could get you anything you could need in a bartering situation. Why limit yourself by including just one more item, when in fact if you had silver or gold then there isn’t really anything you couldn’t get if you needed it.
A poncho liner. 15 years in the Army and there is nothing I’d rather have in my bag.
baby wipes
First aid kit
My bible, something to inspire and motivate.
working on a wood gas generator to power one of my gen set.to keep freezers running and to barter with (people will need batteries charged). not all have a means too.
Assuming a fire source is included in with the food, a canvas poncho for weather protection and warmth.
Fire starter….
A water purfier like a kaydan sport because food is easy to get but clean great tasting water is a pain. You can survive for 3 weeks without food but with one of these I can turn almost any water drinkable. You can make shelter with a knife, get food with a knife. Make cordage and start a fire with a knife. But you can’t boil water without a pot. With this I can make any water source drinkable.
Alcohol, for bartering or whatever.
A tarp, something to shelter and keep wam with.
First Aid Supplies
Silver would be a great choice. You can use it to make colloidal silver. It can be used in water purification. You can barter with it. It makes a great investment prior to needing your prep kit.
I would and do include silver as part of my Bug out Bag. You can trade and purchase things with it and it has had value for thousands of years and will after cash has no value.
Precious metal coins; gold & silver; if only allowed one l’d choose Gold due to its value to weight ratio. With enough one “should” be able to buy what one needs, when one finds whatever it its that is needed.
A magnifying glass. Has many uses start a fire, seal a wound, use to heat a small amount of water.
I would take our gun and plenty of ammo, waterproof matches and most of all pictures of my kids.
Gotta be a first aid kit!
Cordage is important, but with skills and knowledge, you can make cordage (and find decent cordage almost anywhere).
Shelter is critical, but can be made with skills and knowledge.
A knife will make life easier, and make construction projects easier, but a blade can be made.
First aid kits are hard to whittle (and may even have a blade, a little cordage and some shelter). I just bought one yesterday with the blade and emergency blanket, which would be helpful short-term.
Firestarting material
FIRE making tools such as fire steel; magnesium bar; waterproof matches; etc