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Whenever I get that email, I immediately hit the Space Bar to pause the game so the item doesn't disappear before I can find it. I've always been successful when I do it that way.
Im not sure it works that way, usually in VV even if you pause it the collectables dissapear in a short while... but maybe its just in Virtual Villagers.