Show prospectors interested in plant that eats gold the plant known as horsetail or scouring plant is actually a gold eater found most commonly where gold is present in the soil this plant absorbs gold from the soil and stores it in its tissues although approximately 4 ounces of gold is found in a ton of horsetail prospectors are not interested in the plant as a source of gold but rather as an indicator of gold in the ground because of its high silica content this plant was also a favorite in olden times for scrubbing table tops pots and pans |