fossickverb [ I ]
/ˈfɒs.ɪk//ˈfɑː.sɪk/informal mainly Australian Englishto search for something amongst other things:
We then had to spend about half an hour fossicking around for our bags.
to look for gold or valuable stones, especially in places where these things were once dug from the ground:
They travelled to Glenalva to try fossicking for sapphires.