OK, just to get things back on track, I'll state my position on it, and why.
There are a few seemingly strange things that I'm pretty sure actually occur. I can't rule out the possibility that these things may be somehow associated with the production of some kind of above ground indicators, which in turn might be seen by either the naked eye, or a camera, or both.
First, there is the Desert Trumpet Plant. This variety is reported to grow above or near gold deposits. It's not clear to me at this time whether it supposedly grows there more-so than other places, or grows only there. What I've read so far, doesn't indicate if the gold they are referring to is hardrock ore, or old placer deposits which are now dry. The difference being that the placer gold would be in metallic nugget form, while the ore type would more likely have many associated minerals with it, plus possibly strong acids and alkalies, which combinations might be more likely to bleed off something into the soil above (if there is any) that the plants thrive on. The thing is, all of the many pictures on the Web show these plants growing on flat land. Their first name is, after all, "desert." So, how would metallic gold bleed anything off which the plants could detect and use? Maybe this type of gold merely affects the soil in some way which is beneficial to these plants.
The second thing that seems fairly certainly to be happening, is the lightning strikes on metallic ore bodies. I've heard about it from several sources over the years, but about all I know about it, is that it is supposed to happen, and be an indicator of metallic ore to some degree of probability. My point with this is that, with all that electrical power striking an ore body, or maybe even buried metals too, who knows what kind of effect it might have on either the metals or the ground around it, or the combination of them?
Third are the reports of the actual glow or "fire" seen, which reportedly is said to always reveal some type of precious metal underground. I have heard reports of this, also, from several different sources.
Plus, from being a refining hobbyist, I know that there are several chemicals that will dissolve gold and silver, and several more, including some metallic minerals, that will precipitate them. Some of these, or their components, are found naturally in the ground; but as far as I know, mostly in or adjacent to, the gold or silver ore formations themselves. Although I haven't done any direct research concerning these chemicals being present in some soils.
So, with what little i
do know, plus the many similar reports from various sources, and an actual eye witness here on this forum, I am hesitant to say that it's
impossible for any camera, setup for any wave band, to record
some kind of indication of underground gold, due to it's somehow affecting an above ground phenomenon.
....Just sayin'....
