gold panner
Placer deposit searcher
A gold panner is someone who uses a shallow pan to separate gold particles from river sediment.
The technique involves swirling water and gravel so that heavier gold settles to the bottom while lighter material washes away.
Gold panners range from nineteenth-century prospectors seeking fortune to modern hobbyists: Weekend gold panners work the streams in California's Sierra foothills.
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
- sluiceGated water conduit
- nuggetSmall solid lump
- creekNarrow natural watercourse
- minerOne who excavates ore
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