You will crawl on the ground like hog and squeal for a gold coin while I laugh at you.
Before the WWII all-out assault on the Japanese mainland, residents hoarded gold. Of course with enough gold they could buy anything they needed or wanted. NOT. A lot of people had a lot of gold - worthless, as there was nothing to buy (and what little there was, was of course more valuable than gold then).
Some will have their gold, others will have food and supplies. After a few days the former will trade a great deal for a little of the latter.
The purpose of gold in a crash is to hold value through to the recovery.