Idaho investors look to gold as government distrust grows

Dylan Tinklenberg readily admits that some would consider him to be a “prepper” for the end times. Like many of his customers at Idaho Pawn and Gold in Meridian, Montana, he doesn’t trust the banks — and he invests in gold as a “backup asset” in case “something were to happen.”

“I’m not, like, zombie apocalypse, full-out,” said Tinklenberg, the store’s general manager. But “I believe in some things.” He didn’t elaborate on what those things were.