I hate to seem like a pessimist, or to dash the hopes of all the wonderful folks around here. But some of the comments in the media regarding this search bringing Caylee home this weekend are way to optomistic. LP in particular (love him or hate him) has been a little too confident about the field searches chances.
And it isn't a numbers thing. 1000 searchers, 3000 searchers, 7000 searchers, it really doesn't matter as the searchers are mostly ordinary everyday untrained regular folks who simply want to help out. This is great but the simple fact is they really do not know what they are looking for. And by that I mean they do not know or realize what the things they are searching for actually look like. I know TES has explained they are looking for skeletal remains, and not a child. But I doubt that has fully sunk in with most.
It is extremely dificult to pick out this sort of remains in woods or field. If visable or above ground they will look like more ground clutter. Sticks and rocks. The things that will make them stand out to an experienced searcher are subtle, flashes of color from clothing remains etc.
I am not saying that the search will fail, I am mearly trying to warn everyone about getting their hopes too high. What they are looking for at this point is extremely dificult to find unless they have a very narrow and clearly defined target area. And the only way they would get that at this point would be KC talking.