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
Leoncio	le-ON-thyo (Spanish), le-ON-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Nika (1)	-	Russian
Yejide	-	Western African, Yoruba
Flavien	fla-vee-AWN	French
Yoko	yo:-ko	Japanese
Amable	-	French (Archaic)