fossicked

I'm reading a great book.  I never want it to end.  Here's a fun new word you can use if you are looking for something in your brand new new 10 dollar purse that has one big pocket in which everything is perpetually lost all together in one spot.

fossicked: v; To search for by or as if by rummaging.

She fossicked in her bag for the plastic folder in which she was keeping her travel documents. (the Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton pg. 130)