Those who have saved a good chunk of gold will have real value to exchange for those values they need to survive. Gold is a real store of value and has never failed a man who has held onto it yet. Gold went on the open market and soon rose to its real value relative to the price of goods. All the Lemmings who lost their shirts because they bought gold high and sold low declared that gold is absolutely useless. At its current prices as seen above gold is again undervalued.
Nobody wants it.
If you factor in inflation you'll find that gold is increadibly cheap. There are two things to consider when making the move. Will you get enough gold before the great reckoning hits and will prices continue to slide in the mean time. Gold is the natural money of man. The qualities of gold which can not be duplicated by any other thing define it as the ideal value of exchange.