fossicker
/ˈfɑsɪkər/
noun
- A person who searches or rummages, especially for valuable or interesting items.
- At the antique fair, she was a dedicated fossicker, always finding hidden gems.
- The fossicker in the library discovered a first-edition novel.
- The fossicker spent hours combing the beach for sea glass.
- A person who searches for gold or minerals in abandoned mines or waste piles.
- A group of fossickers set up camp near the old mine shaft.
- The old fossicker showed the tourists how to pan for gold in the stream.
- He was known as the best fossicker in the region, always finding a few specks of gold.