1.   Becky Gibson seldom buys silver, but a necklace and earrings caught her eye.

2.   But is there any reason to buy silver now aside from the fact that the Sage of Omaha has staked his claim?

3.   He was a critic of the European monetary union, and commented on the silver market when Warren Buffett was buying silver last year.

4.   Hunt bought silver at a dizzying pace, obtaining millions of ounces.

5.   So the mayor of Howie-in-the-Hills, an Orlando, Fla., suburb, bought colloidal silver in preparation for an anthrax attack.

6.   So the simple fact that Buffett was buying silver was enough to bring in more speculators, and the price shot up.

7.   The purchases were done with over-the-counter contracts, in which Buffett bought silver for delivery at future dates.