Lol hugh - spirit work is never about being perfect - after all, none of us is.  And then we are going into the unseen world to get visions.  Imagine the work that takes!  LOL

Good work on your efforts.

Sorry my post is so late into the thread -- just thought I'd share an idea that has helped me often in the past.

The first thing I do is relax and completely let go of any intense desire or need to find the object.  For the moment, I just accept the fact it's gone, and I work out another alternative for its use.

Then, about one to three times a day, I hold out my hand palm up, and I visualize the object coming to me, the way a Star Wars Jedi would draw an idle weapon toward his grasp with The Force. I visualize the object floating above my hand surrounded by a sphere of light.   Mentally I call to the object.  (don't laugh, it works!)

Lastly, I completely let go of each visualization when I am done with it, and I continue to practice total release for the need to immediately find the object.

I do this each day for as long as it takes, and very often within a couple of days someone will bring to me the object or I will stumble across it myself.