The Stationary Method
You do not have to use a moving surface in small objects divination. You may also use your small objects on any standard divining cloth of your choice. You may even drop them on a large sheet of paper, if that is your wish. For this method, close your eyes and focus on your question as your stir up the objects with your hand. Then, with your eyes still closed, grab three fistfuls of objects from the container and strew them around the casting surface. If you are using a plain casting surface, then the various objects and how they land are of paramount importance. Ask the same kind of post-drop questions as above. Did any items land alone? Were the objects evenly distributed, or did they land in clumps? Were any objects face-down?
For added depth to your reading, you could use a specially-marked surface for the drop.
One good marked surface for this method is the horoscope chart, as that can give the inquirer a good overview of what is going on in each sector of their life. Two more good surfaces to use would be the animal-vegetable-mineral chart (a circle with three 120-degree sections marked off) or a simple, three-part past/present/future chart (a rectangle with three sections marked off by lines).