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.