Recently I had the distinct impression that there was more silver bug than gold bug.
People who had no idea were expressing an opinion on silver: it's potential, it's "shortage" and price.
For some it's easier to work on $40/oz than $1,600/oz. They may feel more secure but in reality silver now moves when gold gets the 'hots'.
Silver does play a little differently though as possibly only the big scammers and the small time investors are the most dominant players in the that market.