Investors who gave up on gold in recent years certainly had a valid reason for doing so. With the price breaking milestone records multiple times, first past the $3,000 per ounce mark and then past the $4,000 and $5,000 records, gold simply became out of reach for many investors. Unless you were willing to take a dollar-cost averaging approach or wanted to get started with fractional amounts, you were largely left on the sidelines…