Wild Flowers & Gold.

[Mine Shaft]

Well, not so much Gold but the wild Flowers are in full bloom lol I did a little sluicing and came away with 25 colors a few little flakes and a lot of specks. It sure is pretty in the Mountains this time of year. Good luck in the field everyone.

 

[achanceforgold]

Well, not so much Gold but the wild Flowers are in full bloom lol I did a little sluicing and came away with 25 colors a few little flakes and a lot of specks. It sure is pretty in the Mountains this time of year. Good luck in the field everyone.

believe it or not. Some plants indicate the presences of gold.
I read where different plants and flowers thrive off the metals released into the soil.

Those pretty flowers may be telling you something.
Apparently old timers would look for certain plants to start their prospecting.

 

[Mine Shaft]

Heck maybe I will do a couple test pans around the Ca Poppies lol.

 

[achanceforgold]

Heck maybe I will do a couple test pans around the Ca Poppies lol.

1. Crosby Buckwheat: This plant, found in specific regions (Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho), is known to grow in areas of altered rhyolite, which is often associated with gold or silver deposits.
2. Horsetail: While some claim horsetail can indicate gold, research suggests that the difference in gold content between plants on mineralized and unmineralized ground is not significant, making it less reliable as a specific gold indicator, according to The Great Outdoors Stack Exchange.
3. Sedge and Grasses: These plants, particularly those growing in moist areas, may be good indicators of areas where gold could be found, according to a video on YouTube.
4. Eucalyptus: Eucalyptus trees have been found to translocate gold from mineral deposits into their leaves.
5. Trumpet Plant: A plant with a swollen, trumpet-shaped bulb, mentioned in a video on YouTube.
6. Sagebrush and Wormwood: These shrubs are known to be responsive to concealed mineralization and may be useful in gold prospecting, according to the USGS Publications Warehouse.

 

[russau]

1. Crosby Buckwheat: This plant, found in specific regions (Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho), is known to grow in areas of altered rhyolite, which is often associated with gold or silver deposits.
2. Horsetail: While some claim horsetail can indicate gold, research suggests that the difference in gold content between plants on mineralized and unmineralized ground is not significant, making it less reliable as a specific gold indicator, according to The Great Outdoors Stack Exchange.
3. Sedge and Grasses: These plants, particularly those growing in moist areas, may be good indicators of areas where gold could be found, according to a video on YouTube.
4. Eucalyptus: Eucalyptus trees have been found to translocate gold from mineral deposits into their leaves.
5. Trumpet Plant: A plant with a swollen, trumpet-shaped bulb, mentioned in a video on YouTube.
6. Sagebrush and Wormwood: These shrubs are known to be responsive to concealed mineralization and may be useful in gold prospecting, according to the USGS Publications Warehouse.

Up on the high cliff tops along the Mississippi River along the Illinois side of that River several miles upstream of Alton , Il. there is a plant that grows there that is a indicator of Glacial Morain soils . The exact location is being kept quite to keep people off this ground to keep it from being destroyed !

 

[BoulderTroll]

Heck maybe I will do a couple test pans around the Ca Poppies lol.

Share how it goes, I've got that stuff growing everywhere like a weed!