After reading all the above and doing some testing myself, I agree with the orginal request.

A "quick search" could easily be added to any of several plugins. But I think it would be better implemented in the product.

I was about to suggest that you could use BulkEdit to copy the collection number to some other field en masse, but I discovered that somehow that feature got broken along the way. I will fix it soon, in case you want to use it in the future.

So this discussion has accidentally had an additional benefit to me. 

Edit: I found the bug! I'm gonna fix my baby, yaaay!

Maybe as a celebration, I will look for a way to add Quick Search somewhere (but if somebody else wants to do it - that's OK. It could fit nicely in DB Query for example.)

Quoting maps5:

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but I agree that being able to search by an exact collection number should be a feature integrated in the product...

That wouldn't help with the barcode scanner if the only field it can enter data is Title. The problem lies in barcode scanner support, not in filter options.

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We have the option of using the collection number as a primary key on the database, so why don't we have the possibility of doing a quick search against that same field...!?

Collection number as a primary key???? Nope, primary key is a combination of Locality and UPC.

Quoting mediadogg:

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OK, BulkEdit now has Alt-F9 as Collection Number search. A tad slower than if in the main product, but I think it works OK. I don't see why you could'nt use anything that simulates a keyboard to input the number. Let me know if I need to tweak something or put in explicit barcode support.

Thanks.
I just tried it and it's working perfectly with the barcode scanner...
You're right, it is a bit slow, but it's working flawlessly...

Thanks once again for the effort (and sorry about the trouble)...