Using Find Command

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If anybody can try this and tell me how it works I would be forever grateful.
I can not seem to get the FIND command to find timecodes
of clips in a sequence. I have copied all my clips from my bin and pasted them into a new sequence I'll name search, then I use the find command to locate a specific TC. this yields no results everytime!
It works for Names/Markers not for time code!
I am using FCP 4.5.
I really need this to work.
Power Mac Dual 2.0 G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9) FCP 4.5

Thanks for the welcome & the reponses.
The reason I am searching this way is because when
you search in the bin it doesn't enter the colons
for timecode like it does when you search a sequence.
It does however at least WORK in the search bin mode!
I wish it I could enter TC the same way as a sequence it is soo much faster
If anybody has a inside track to Apples FCP code developers maybe they could put in the next upgrade.
Power Mac Dual 2.0 G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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