I would not send one cent to anyone claiming to be a tea party.
I would not buy gold coins from anyone advertising on the Internet.
I never buy any sort of investment product from anyone soliciting me to buy their stock.
I will investigate claims from reputable companies that I know and trust, like Fidelity, T Rowe Price, Schwab, TIAA and do my research before buying anything. Last year, I owned around 35 funds and ETFs, and three lost money, the worst went down 4%.
I get a lot of unsolicited prospectuses from various companies that claim to be on the edge of some huge breakthrough in oil, gas, gold and other mining ventures, and I add 1000 imaginary shares to an imaginary portfolio which now has 25 stocks, mostly penny stocks in it, all that claimed to be on the cusp of the Big Lucky Strike.
Not one has appreciated more than 10%, nearly all have lost money. None has paid a single dividend.
It's not hard to get accurate prices on gold coins. You have to be an utter idiot to buy from these survivalist types.
Gold is not that great an investment.I have bought gold ETFs on several occasions and never made more than 5%.