> I have a question about  two pic's using one crystal.
>
> What is the proper way of doing this ?

Dunno
>
>  I plan on using two pic's on the same board and was wondering if they can
> share the same frequency element.

I routinely use two pics with one crystal,  Running at 20 MHz.

Connect the osc out pin of the PIC with the crystal to the osc in
of the slave device.

I have designed in a system with 6 PICs using one crystal but have
not tried it yet, I expect that it will work though.
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