pan for

pan for something

to search for a precious metal, usually gold, by using a pan to locate the bits of metal in sand and gravel in a stream bed. When I was in Alaska, I panned for gold in a little stream set aside for tourists. The old prospector spent many hours panning for gold.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aleid	AH-liet	Dutch
Moisey	mah-ee-SYAY	Russian
Maeva	-	Tahitian, French
Ayliff	['eilif]
Noelene	-	English (Rare)
Osane	-	Basque