these do work and can find hidden transmitters
So hackRF one (eBay Chinese clone(hackRF is open source so these normally work fine ..mine is) £150 - original £300+) Near Field Antenna (£20-30) you probably have a PC that can run SDR software(mostly free) or better a version of dragonOS(free) (virtual machine, bootable USB) or a spare laptop as an OS or on a raspberry 4/400
ACECO FC60003 MK II is about £200 which is a good device easy to use but only does one thing well where as you can do many things with a hackRF but is more complex plus you need to use with a computer or a portapack etc