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