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Stay away from the ETFs other than Sprott. Most of the ETFs only have paper (futures contracts) in their vaults.

You take cash down to your local coin/bullion store and buy the physical product. If you buy under $1,000 at a time, you will pay sales tax, but if you buy $10,000 or more at a time, your purchase will be reported to various government alphabet agencies.

Right now you can get it for below cost of production. Different issues/mints have different premiums... last time I got an Australian round for $50 over spot while the US Mint round was $75 over spot. It is also a great time to buy silver, which looks to have a much larger upside.

Read up on the fundamentals when you can.

newmont mining NEM or an exchange traded fund GOLD or which trades in or owns gold GLD

are just a few of the stocks

of course you could always buy gold buillon from a coin dealer or shop

Buy some companies that produce gold.