Gold Pan and Method of Use Thereof

A pan for panning minerals comprising:

• a circular pan having an outer rim, a sidewall, a base, and a plurality of riffles;
• wherein said sidewall extends from said outer rim to said base;
• wherein each said plurality of ripples having a ridge, a lip, and a cavity;
• wherein said outer rim having a rim diameter and said base having a base diameter;
• wherein a ratio of said outer rim diameter to said base diameter is from 2.25 to 1.75;
• wherein said outer rim diameter is from 36 cm to 44 cm;
• wherein said base diameter is from 16 cm to 24 cm;
• wherein said sidewall having a height from 7 cm to 10 cm;
• wherein said ridges are four ridges;
• and
• further wherein said four ridges are arranged in equidistant parallel curves.

A pan for panning gold minerals comprising:

• a circular pan having an outer rim, a curved sidewall, a base, and a plurality of riffles;
• wherein said curved sidewall extends from said outer rim to said base;
• wherein said plurality of ripples extending along said curved sidewall;
• wherein each ripple of said plurality of ripples having a ridge, a lip, and a cavity;
• wherein said outer rim having a rim diameter and said base having a base diameter;
• wherein said outer rim diameter is from 36 cm to 44 cm;
• wherein said base diameter is from 16 cm to 24 cm;
• wherein said sidewall having a height from 7 cm to 10 cm;
• wherein said ridges are selected from three ridges and four ridges;
• wherein said ridges are arranged in equidistant parallel curves;
• and
• further wherein said ridges include a curvilinear length of extension from 30 percent to 40 percent around a circumference of said sidewall.