Touch everything
Explanation based on my own experience:
I can’t find something. It’s literally right in front of me, but there is a mix of things and I JUST DON’T SEE IT. Grr.
I start on one side and start touch everything one at a time until it somehow magically appears. It was there the whole time.
If I sense that this type of thing is happening and I’m looking only visually, it’s not there. It’s just not there.
Touch works better than eyes.
Some people perform the object’s action, eg moving hand back and forth when looking for the pizza wheel in a drawer full of utensils.
I go blind most often looking for text on web pages. Usually I hit control F and search for the word.
Me too for control F!
Sometimes if I’m walking through the house looking for something it helps me focus if I call to it. “Glasses! Where are you?” Stupid, but helps me. Otherwise I’ll switch rooms and not remember that I was even looking for something. Maddening.
Ha! Yeah, I do that too. No idea how it works!