Prospector may refer to:

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

• 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

• 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