Fossicking is an Australian and Cornish term for prospecting for precious metals or gems. Gold fossicking is prospecting for gold. There is a link below.
The term for searching for gold is prospecting for gold.
Prospecting
Gold prospecting
Alaska
They were prospecting for gold.
Prospecting.
Forest John Swears Sur has written: 'Placer gold mining & prospecting' -- subject- s -: Gold mines and mining, Prospecting, Gravel, Hydraulic mining
Verne Ballantyne has written: 'How and where to prospect for gold' -- subject(s): Gold, Prospecting
Absolutely, the Chinese used to mine during the 1800's. Recreational prospecting still occurs there to this day. I have relatives that have found gold near the Himalayan Mountains. Check out my blog for more Gold Prospecting Tips as well as Gold Bearing Locations: http://goldprospectingtips.blogspot.com
Prospecting for gold is like prospecting for anything else, be it a job or a spouse. A good gold prospector will do a lot of research before ever leaving his house. But once you find a likely place to look you go out with a gold pan or metal detector and take samples to try and locate a deposit of gold. This can happen with your first pan or it could take years or could never happen at all. In basic terms; Prospecting is the "search" for gold, Mining is the "extraction & processing" of gold. Hope this helps
Another name for panning for gold is prospecting. People have panned for gold for centuries. It can be a fun family activity.