How Do You Pan For Gold In Rivers And Streams?
Panning for gold can be anything from a fun family activity to a career. All you need to get started is a river or stream and a gold pan. Gold is naturally heavier than almost anything else you’ll find in these places, so as you swirl water in your gold pan, the gold will sink to the bottom and the materials with a lighter relative weight will rise to the top. After you wash all these lighter materials away, with a bit of luck you’ll be left with gold. Find a river or stream that potentially has some gold in it. You can do this online, by looking in books or by asking around. Put several handfuls of sand and small gravel from the stream into your gold pan. Try to collect this material from places that gold might settle, such as between larger rocks. Hold the gold pan underwater and gently mix the material in it with your hand to make sure everything in the pan gets wet. Keep the pan underwater and begin to gently shake it back and forth. Some of the smaller and lighter material in the
