Most of these answers have covered the variations that I've seen in different scenarios. I find that it usually only comes up if you are doing self deal at a home game or pub event (for states that have those like here in MA). Any time you have a dealer (at least a decent one) they should be sweeping anything they believe is mucked. If they reach for your cards you need to say something otherwise you lose them.
Usually I find that to make things simple, in a self deal scenario, most people want any forward motion that looks like a muck to be one. I think if it's not only identifiable, but also hasn't touched other mucked cards or the pot, or isn't tossed very far (smaller tables make it harder to define what is far). I just say it's smartest that if you aren't positive, don't muck a winning hand because anything thrown face up plays.
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Originally Posted by HomePokerGames Admin
What is the actual purpose of the rule?
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I find it comes up mainly in two scenarios:1) someone goes to muck the BB and upon realizing they're paying for the hand want to take it back or 2) someone thinks they've won a hand and go to muck the winning hand (let's say you see one guy fold to your bet and miss the cards the other guy has, you think they both mucked so want to muck your winning hand)