This black plastic gold pan is good beginners pan or small finishing pan. This pans small size means it takes a minimal amount of water to use it. The pan is 10″ across the top, 5.5″ wide in the bottom, and it stands 2″ tall. Two small riffles line about 1/3 of the pans circumference. This pan does not have a drop center. Plastic gold pans are molded with riffles and other traps that aid panning and are colored to help show the gold.