Particular trees a sign of gold?

[Occasional_panner]

Hey guys has anyone heard of particular trees being more probable in gold patches?
Just curious if anyone can shed some light on this tree?

 

[aussiefarmer]

Thats similar to what i call a native pine and its a good sign of shallow soil :Y:

 

[mardymoose]

Looks like what they call the bush cherry or ballarat cherry
Can be associated with gold

 

[casper]

Yup - native cherry or bush cherry or Australian xmas tree. It's foliage and growth pattern resembles that of a cypress tree but it's unrelated. Ol' timer folklore has it that it (the tree) is found where you find gold :Y: ie something about it (the tree) and the gold concentrating over or in deep ground laying over bedrock. Finding a line of them "could" indicate a shallow or deep lead :/ Remember though that the majority of the gold rush diggers chasing aluvial gold were hungry men in a hungry landscape (read "dry" landscape) and living on dreams and so all too ready to grasp at any favorable indicator aka a "healthy" green tree in the midst of a dry clay landscape of grey-green leafed stunted ironbox... I gotta admit that even I look at them and think what if the ol' timers were right :|

casper

 

[Occasional_panner]

These seem to be in areas that have been worked extensively.
How could a tree be more common in worked grounds, or where gold is/was?

 

[casper]

These seem to be in areas that have been worked extensively.
How could a tree be more common in worked grounds, or where gold is/was?

perhaps deep and possibly now disturbed ground facillitates the accumulation and retention of water / moisture....... :/

 

[mardymoose]

Check this out if it works
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=14884

 

[Davent]

Turkey bush. Well, its not a sign of gold, but a sign of shallow ground, this bush dosnt like top soil.

 

[madtuna]

Over here if I see a line of Kurrajong trees I'll make a bee line for them.
Kurrajongs have a deeper root system than the surrounding mulgas and a line of them may indicate an old river or creek channel.

Also known as an "East-West" tree or "compass" tree, the bark is rougher on the western side to protect it from the afternoon sun. I just call them a Gold tree or a lucky tree. I've found much gold around them.

The roots hold a lot of water too and can give an excellent inverted signal.

 

[mudgee hunter]

I usually look for the big road sign saying "GOLD THIS WAY->" HAHA, but black berry patches do seem to grow well near diggings where the ground has been disturbed.

 

[Numb_Thumb]

Your reading it wrong, vegetation is a secondary indicator to establish possible confirmation of gold bearing ground.

Only the grounds structure which facilitates and captures the saline solution, in which gold travels, must be prevalent.

But yes, this sort of ground structure is the mother of everything which grows, and is produced from it.

 

[Occasional_panner]

Check this out if it works
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=14884

Thanks for that, I didn't notice them in lines, they were dotted around pretty random.

 

[Hunting the yellow]

got the name wrong sorry meant cherry not peppercorn