fos
05-28-2006, 11:39 AM
Fossicking :wink:
To the British, a “fossick” is a troublesome person, but the Australians put their usual unique spin on the term. A fossicker works likely outcroppings of ore, digging into crevices with a knife or revisiting abandoned workings, in search of small nuggets of gold. No matter how many hours of work they put in, fossickers are convinced that their findings are somehow “free.”
To the British, a “fossick” is a troublesome person, but the Australians put their usual unique spin on the term. A fossicker works likely outcroppings of ore, digging into crevices with a knife or revisiting abandoned workings, in search of small nuggets of gold. No matter how many hours of work they put in, fossickers are convinced that their findings are somehow “free.”