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	bottom settle gold side shovel water	pan heavy gravel start submerge removing
Q. Where do frogs hide their gold?		A. In a croak of gold.

To pan for ______________ you need a pan, some water and a likely looking spot.

Place a _____________ full of sand and ______________ into your pan and remove all the large stones. Hold the edge of the pan and _______________ it in water. Remove it and shake it from _____________to side.

Keep repeating this process _______________ the larger stones each time. Each time you remove the pan from the ________________ tilt it forward slightly to remove the sand and silt.

Submerge the front tip of the __________ in the water and gently bump the side of the pan with your hand. This helps the gold ______________ to the bottom of the pan.

The gold sinks to the bottom because it is ______________.

Once all the sand and gravel are removed look in the _______________of the pan. Hopefully you will see a thin trail of gold dust.

Do not throw the gold in the air and yell, "Bonanza!" You'll just have to _____________________all over again!