How do you gold pan?

Answer 1

The gold panning technique is relatively simple. First, a stream or some other type of running water needs to be found with a placer deposit in it. Then, the miner needs to take some of the sediment from the bottom of the stream and scoop it into the pan with some water. Once this is done, the water and sediment are swirled in a gentle circular motion around the bottom of the pan, and while gyrating the pan, the miner tilts the pan so as he swirls some water and sediment starts to spill out. This is done until almost all the sediment has fallen out, leaving behind only heavy metals such as gold dust or nuggets.

The gold stays in the pan because it is heavier than the water and sediment around it. So, everything that is not a heavy-metalslike gold or platinumspills out and leaves the gold behind.

Gold panning usually turns up only gold dust that is usually collected as a souvenir. However, nuggets and considerable amounts of dust are occasionally found, although panning mining is often not lucrative. However, panning for gold is used to locate the larger parent veins of gold that most placer-miningoriginate from

Answer 2

1. Place gold-bearing soil and dirt in a pan, with some water. 2. Swirl the pan around gently. 3. The dirt and sand is washed out. 4. The gold, being heavier, sinks to the bottom and clings to the edges.