Depends what time in the island you are in. First you need the gold pan to get a gold nugget to give to the medicine man, then you swap the gold pan for oil can, which you need to fix the clock tower.
Hope this helped. This walkthrough was typed by Ames.
You pan for gold after you get the claim map. You get it from the Casino in Dos Cactos by playing Slapjack.
Go to the location on the map (where the rivers meet) and dip the pan at the shiny spots. Slosh away the sand to reveal the gold. Eventually you will find a nugget.
It does not matter because you can use the gold pan then trade it back for the oil.
how can you find gold in wild-west island on poptropica.
There is no shovel on Wild west island. If you win the gold claim at the casino, and then recover the calf in Rock Ridge, you can swap the reward saddle for a gold pan and pan for gold at the claim.
go to movie island as a girl
shake the pan slow and you find gold
it is in the trade and barter store
trade it for a gold mining pan
you trade it for the gold pan
You get it at the trading place in Dusty Gulch.
a gun and lots of ammo
You need the pan for getting gold by a tree on the map!
Near the gew waterfall
For the special tonics in Rocky Ridge or Dos Cactos