JodieM

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CustomMetadata xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <label>Account Default</label>
    <protected>false</protected>
    <values>
        <field>sObject__c</field>
        <value xsi:type="xsd:string">Account</value>
    </values>
    <values>
        <field>Active__c</field>

JodieM

public class ContactAndLeadSearch {
    
    Public Static List<List<sObject>> searchContactsAndLeads(String searchTerm){
       List<List<sObject>> searchList = [FIND :searchTerm IN ALL FIELDS 
                   RETURNING Contact(FirstName, LastName),Lead(FirstName,LastName)];
            Contact[] searchContacts = (Contact[])searchList[0];
            Lead[] searchLeads = (Lead[])searchList[1];
    return searchList;
    }
}