I bought a microscope from a second hand shop. I guess it was obsolete medical equipment (it didn't have a built in light, you had to fiddle with a mirror, so make that very obsolete). I never got the hang of the higher magnifications, but even the x50 lens showed vast amounts of hidden detail.

Everything was singular in its overwhelming confusion of intricate detail.

Perhaps a microscope could give you a few more blips of success?