Take a trip to Arizona for once. Been there myself (rubbing fingertips on my shirt). I gathered a pocketful of nuggets with my White's metal detector in one weekend, went to the nearest trading post, had them weigh my find, got 75% gold market value at that time which came to approximately $1250. Not bad for two days work I must say. They take nuggets just like cash even to this day. Been going on for hundreds of years. Same thing in other countries, do you think we are the only smart people on earth? Ask the Japanese how they feel about gold for trading, you may be surprised by what you hear.
You know though it is funny - tell me, how if you were a miner, why would you waste your time bashing PAIM? How does this task benefit you? The vast majority of the population couldn't care less about trying to save another’s disposable income from a "real" scam. They would not be privy to the info. anyway...