// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the prospector say when he found gold? I've struck a rich vein of luck.

Prospector may refer to:

Space exploration

• Prospector (spacecraft), a planned lunar probe, canceled in 1962
• Lunar Prospector, a NASA spacecraft

Trains

• Prospector (Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad train), a passenger train operated by the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad
• Prospector (Western Australian train), a passenger train service in Western Australia between Perth and Kalgoorlie

Other uses

• Prospector (library catalog), a unified catalog for Colorado and Wyoming
• Prospecting, exploring an area for natural resources such as minerals, oil, flora or fauna
• Prospectors (TV series), a weekly reality television series that premiered in 2013 on The Weather Channel
• The Prospector, a statue outside the Sitka Pioneer Home in Sitka, Alaska, United States
• The Prospector (novel), a 1985 novel by J. M. G. Le Clézio
• "The Prospector", nickname of American archer Brady Ellison
• The Prospector, student newspaper at the University of Texas at El Paso