no. Just get lucky. Keep on the lookout for basements that aren’t infested with things that want to kill you, and infested basements if your up for them. Garages and houses in general are good, any kind of electronics store, or hardware store, public works probably guaranteed, any type of handyman sheds like I think radio towers and the like have. Keep an eye out for any tool that might have the stat you need.
If you think it might have disappeared in a stack around your base do an item search with… (v) I think. might also be in your inv and you overlooked it 20 times. Sometimes it helps if you change the item organization sorting to be something where you have a better idea where to look.