All you need for panning is a place were you think gold is a big pan water and sand and
To determine if the flakes in the silt are gold, you can use a gold pan and water to pan for gold. Gold is very dense, so it will sink to the bottom of the pan. Swirl the pan to wash away lighter materials and concentrate the gold flakes at the bottom. You can also use a magnifying glass to examine the color and shape of the flakes closely - gold flakes will have a distinctive bright yellow color and often have a flattened, irregular shape.
It was an easy method to find gold. All a man needed was a gold pan, and find a spot on the river to pan. Some got a bit more fancy with a sluice box or rocker to seek gold.
Panning is a method of mining where miners use a pan to separate gold or other precious minerals from sediment or gravel. The pan is filled with sediment and water, and by swirling the mixture, the heavier gold settles to the bottom of the pan while the lighter material washes away. This technique is commonly used by artisanal miners and prospectors in rivers and streams.
A gold pan, a shovel, and a classifier (sieve) are commonly used by miners to locate alluvial gold deposits in rivers and streams. Gold pans are used to extract the gold from the sediment, shovels are used to dig and move material, and classifiers help separate the larger rocks and debris from the finer materials that may contain gold particles.
Miners typically use a technique called panning to separate gold from mud. This involves swirling a mixture of mud and water in a pan to allow the heavier gold particles to settle to the bottom while the lighter mud is washed away. The process is repeated until the gold is concentrated enough to be collected.
U need it to pan gold to buy the potions
You need the pan for getting gold by a tree on the map!
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 trade the oil can for the gold pan after you trade the saddle for the gold pan. Saddle to gold pan to oil can.
you get the gold pan from the barter store
pan for gold!
Get the gold pan from the store and go get the map from the guy at the casino at Dos Cactos. Then go to the star right above Rocky Ridge. Then keep serching until you get the gold nugget. to get the gold pan, go to Rocky Ridge and to the two deeds for the farmer and get the old saddle. then go to the traders and get the gold pan. And CHOOSE the gold pan. youll need it. im pretty sure youll need the oil can later so i think you can go and trade that in , too.
nobody knows who invented the gold pan.
you need to trade the old saddle
You can pan. You pan by putting dirt into the pan and then putting water in the pan also. Then you swish around the pan and since gold is heavier than water the gold will stay in the bottom of the pan when the dirt washes out.
shake the pan slow and you find gold
You find it where the 2 rivers meet on the way right side but you need the gold pan and gold map to find it first. GOOD LUCK!