society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > prospect > types of prospecting for gold, opal, etc. (3)
Of a company of persons: To rush with common impulse. Also spec. of a prospector: to rush to the goldfields.
Australian. intransitive. To search for small particles of gold or opal on the surface.
transitive and intransitive. To pilfer, steal; to pick up or obtain (from the roadside, etc.); spec. to prospect for gold, as in old diggings. Cf. s…