PMs always were the end game from the start. There's no point having them if you aren't planning to use them for money someday. They're never going to be worth anything until the suppression scheme ends, and that means no more FRNs being created to purchase things which took human labor to produce in exchange for something that took no labor to produce. It is equivalent to stealing. According to the Coinage Acts which are US law only gold and silver are money. In the process of disinvesting from fiat currency, I've been acquiring real money. Thus I am wealthy, because I have wealth in hand, even if that amount of wealth is small by any standard. That was my goal, and I achieved it by ridding myself of dirty unbacked currency which is not money which is by definition a store of wealth. Time to kick back and enjoy the good times which doesn't include paper chasing. There's a lot more to enjoy in life.
Personally, I like collecting bullion and numismatics as a hobby and to have real metal in my hand. It's a very small portion of my portfolio. In the long term, you just can't beat a mix of stocks and bonds. Check out this article if you have time: https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/020915/has-gold-been-good-investment-over-long-term.asp "Over the past 30 years, the price of gold has increased by 335%. Over the same period, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has gained 1,255% and the Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund (FBNDX) has returned 672%."