> I've got an object that was tossed into
> my yard - that most likely has fingerprints
> on it (Okay! It's am empty beer bottle!).
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) How would I 'dust' for any prints?

with aluminium or iron *powder* & a soft brush, bt mebbe other powders work
also.

> 2) How would I then lift these for comparison
>    with some sort of database later on?

with common transparent sticky tape

(it worked like this in my 'sherlock holmes' toybox a million years ago)

goodluck

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