BigRedRoo and allhave you heard of Ted Butler?He is the...

BigRedRoo and all

have you heard of Ted Butler?
He is the progenitor of all the Silver Rampers jumping on the wagon now.

http://www.investmentrarities.com/tbarchives.shtml
and
http://www.butlerresearch.com/archive-free.asp

If you wonder how long all this has been running for, I am sure good old TB will enlighten you!
As to where the the Hype became Lore...well I would guess it was when Silver began it's run from $10 around Jan 2009 to now.