BillA
Bronze Member
a nugget is defined as "a native lump of precious metal", nothing as to size or weight
an upper bound would be undefined, what is a lower 'limit' at which a small nugget would be called something else ?
(ok, but what?, different question)
Wilderness medic posted a somewhat (?) sub one gramer which is nice.
my (always limited) experience extends the term's use to one gram bits
as when thin they are large, and when rotund still have a slight bit of heft
(could post photos but 1 gramers are pretty common)
when young my idea of a nugget was a lump big enough, like Tom Sawyer, to fire at a rat and kill it - obviously exaggerated
so is there a (usage) defined lower size or weight limit for the applicability of the word 'nugget' ?
edit: - and below a nugget would be a 'picker' ? (at least for placer miners)
an upper bound would be undefined, what is a lower 'limit' at which a small nugget would be called something else ?
(ok, but what?, different question)
Wilderness medic posted a somewhat (?) sub one gramer which is nice.
my (always limited) experience extends the term's use to one gram bits
as when thin they are large, and when rotund still have a slight bit of heft
(could post photos but 1 gramers are pretty common)
when young my idea of a nugget was a lump big enough, like Tom Sawyer, to fire at a rat and kill it - obviously exaggerated
so is there a (usage) defined lower size or weight limit for the applicability of the word 'nugget' ?
edit: - and below a nugget would be a 'picker' ? (at least for placer miners)
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