Prospector may refer to:

Space exploration

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

Trains

  • Prospector (train), a passenger train operated by the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad
  • The Prospector (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
  • Le Chercheur d'or, a French novel by French J. M. G. Le Clézio and translated into English as The prospector by Carol Marks
  • "The Prospector", nickname of American archer Brady Ellison
  • The Prospector, student newspaper at the University of Texas at El Paso