Prospectors

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Prospectors

Prospectors are those members of a society taking part in the physical search for minerals, fossils, precious metals or mineral specimens, and are also known as fossickers.

Prospectors generally act individually and are the opposite of mineral explorers which is an organised, large scale and at least semi-scientific effort undertaken by mineral resource companies to find commercially viable ore deposits.

Prospecting is quite intensive physical labor, involving a considerable amount of traversing (traditionally on foot or on horseback), panning, sifting and outcrop investigation, looking for tell-tale signs of mineralisation.

Prospectors on El Dorado need to be especially vigilant as there is no law enforcement agency on El Dorado and few laws to enforce. They also need to be tough, self reliant and capable of defending themselves and their property.