Hey guys is there an easy way to find a particular transaction without going through all the history?

take a look here https://api.elrond.com/ there's a lot of api calls that retrieve transactions with basically all the filtering you may want

you can always search through the API if you know what you are looking for. Token transaction? A specific NFT transaction? A SC-call? A certain amount of EGLD sent to a specific address? you can find anything. the real question is do you know what you are looking for.