Can i search the trash?

i am trying to search for a file in the trash and it seems to revert to the whole computer when i do this. when i try a search for documents folder it stays in documents folder.
any ideas? is this simply a manual process looking for a file in the trash?
thanks.

thanks. that's a great idea.
i wonder if anyone knows if there is a way to search Time Machine. I need to restore all my pdfs that are over 10 MB and this is going to be a big pain if I can't search for them...
Hi baltwo. Thanks for the help here. In thinking more about this...
Do you know if there is a way to know for sure whether opening pdf's with a function (I guess it is a script) such as is described here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1292868?start=0&tstart=0 (I install these filters and then open the pdf and SaveAs /over/ the existing document) - is likely to leave a copy in the trash, which will be easy to search using your kind suggestion as opposed to searching Time Machine, which may not be so easy?
I mean, if this thing generated trash versions of the originals I can just find them in the trash and recover the originals...
Thanks.

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