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1803 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 27 Aug. (1941) I. 271 The ferryman... would often say, after he had compassed the turning of a point, ‘This is a bonny part,’ and he always chose the bonniest, with greater skill than our prospect-hunters and ‘picturesque travellers’.

1842 G. T. Vigne Trav. Kashmir I. ix. 289 The interest taken in a view of the mere plains of Kashmir would certainly be rather that of the agriculturalist than of the prospect-hunter.

1859 Debow's Rev. Aug. 224 Our prospect-hunters hired an open 30 ton native boat, manned by Africans, from the Dankaly tribe, on or near whose coast the guano island was presumed to be.

2006 www.nzroadtrip.com 31 May (O.E.D. Archive) This quaint little village owes its origins to the early mining era, as it acted as a home for many of the hopeful prospect hunters and gold panners.