Prospecting is the physical search for minerals, fossils, precious metals or mineral specimens, and is also known as fossicking. Prospecting is synonymous in some ways with mineral exploration which is an organised, large scale and at least semi-scientific effort undertaken by mineral resource companies to find commercially viable ore deposits. To actually be considered a prospector you must become registered as a professional prospector. This process is easy but necessary if you wish to work in… (More on Prospecting)