prospector

Possessives

• tent: Several attempts at steaming wood on a woodburning stove in the prospector's tent at minus 20 degrees C.

Converse of object

• become: After Major John Bullis sacked him as chief of scouts at San Carlos in December, 1890, Sieber became a prospector.
• do: Even before they do, domain name prospectors are sifting through them to find the gold domains among.. .

Adjective modifier

• gold: Terry has bought a £ 9 license allowing him to be a gold prospector for two years.
• old: An old prospector will judge from six ounces of stuff within a few pennyweights what will be the yield of a ton.
• experienced: Iraq has the world's second-richest oil deposits, waiting for experienced prospectors to tap them.
• early: The geology map shows the Arley seam outcropping all along this ridge, which would be very attractive to early prospectors.
• amateur: One of two UFOs flying at low altitude settled to the ground near an amateur prospector in a remote area of Canada.
• illegal: Illegal prospectors in Brazil have used mercury to pan off gold for at least fifteen years.

Noun used with modifier

• gold: This site was originally chosen by the first gold prospectors who arrived in the region.
• oil: Jungle Holocaust A group of oil prospectors have a rough landing in their base camp on the Malaysian island of Mindanao.
• mining: Mining prospectors followed up the discovery and found both silver and cobalt in the ores.
• domain: Even before they do, domain name prospectors are sifting through them to find the gold domains among.. .
• name: Even before they do, domain name prospectors are sifting through them to find the gold domains among.. .