Archive September, 2021
Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 17, 2021
Last night Matthew Delk showed up with the tables (THANKS!) and a small team of volunteers from our Scouts BSA troop helped set up the room. Today we are welcoming vendors from many states and visitors as far away as Oregon (welcome Christopher!). I posted a picture yesterday on Facebook of the uHaul that I rented loaded to bear....Read More
Boy Scout Collection Unboxing 40 Pounds of Memories from a 1960s Pennsylvania Scouter
I was very happy to help this Scouter from PA find a new home for his collection. In this unboxing video I crack open the two boxes and go through what he kept all these years. In the video you will see lots of Scouting items from PA including OA, camps and council event patches. But he also did some...Read More
Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 14, 2021
I've rented the Uhaul truck and have spoken to all the key people involved with helping to put on the Charlotte TOR. The signs are out at the church and we are ready to welcome all the visitors. Today I've got a coupon code offer in the Hot Finds for anyone that needs to order Best Hobby Pages....Read More
Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 12, 2021
Friday I got a good system running with my ladies in the office to prep items for the silent auction items at the Charlotte TOR. I have 1/2 dozen Rubbermaid tubs full of items that we are going to run through the auctions. In the office we are tagging everything with bid sheets and labels. My goal is...Read More
Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 10, 2021
The last few days I've been pulling stuff off the shelf and putting tags on it for next weekend's Charlotte TOR. I discovered a forgotten tub of Boy Scout duffel bags and Jamboree fanny packs. I will also have four Apple bags at the TOR that I really don't think I need to hold onto forever. I know...Read More
Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 7, 2021
Tomorrow I'm interviewing a new employee to come learn the world of selling Scouting memorabilia. This lady is a friend of one of my current employees and her two sons have been through the program. But now as an empty nester (one is in college) she is interested in getting into a part time role where you can wear...Read More
Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 5, 2021
Yesterday I was able to combine two things that I love to do. At 5:30 PM a couple visited me at the warehouse to sell a small but vintage late 1950s early 1960s collection. I worked on sorting and taking pictures of the collection leading up to 7 PM kickoff for my SC Gamecocks who were playing an FCS...Read More
Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 3, 2021
Yesterday I had a visitor in the patch warehouse. Greg McDaniel who I've known since the 1990s came up to help me sort out my tubs of Philmont stuff. Everything from Philmont that I've accumulated over the last decade of buying collections was in a couple of large Rubbermaid tubs. With his help we got it sorted into about...Read More
Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 31, 2021
I listen to a lot of podcasts while I'm working and in the online world they have term for the people who are your supporters. The term is "super fans" but I don't think that really fits for anybody in a collecting space. When I wanted to create a way to connect with folks that appreciated my content I...Read More
Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 25, 2020
This week I have really thrown myself back into my camp director role. We have a small team editing the leaders guide and I've been making updates to the camp website. All this is leading up to a very busy few weeks in October of recruiting troops to come to Camp Barstow in 2021. The first weekend in...Read More
Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 22, 2020
Last night at our Webelos den meeting I was trying to show the boys what Scout Spirit looked like. So we sang the classic camp song "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean". Only after each verse I asked Scouts how we could add a motion. Pretty soon on the word "ocean" we were spinning around and on the...Read More
40 Pounds of Boy Scout Patches To Unbox
Once again I was contacted by a Scouter that was looking for someone who would appreciate and find a new home for his Scouting collection. This collection came in 3 boxes and weighed more than 40 pounds. He sent it to me on preview so that I could evaluate what he had and make him a fair offer. Since filming...Read More
Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 20, 2020
One way you can stay active in the hobby during COVID is logging into the Scout Patch Collectors Facebook Group. With over 16k thousand members this is the most active group on the platform. I randomly posted some things for sale as I was leaving work Friday. As of last night almost all of those items are now sold...Read More
Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 13, 2020
This morning I published an article on www.CarolinaOA.com that was written by Josh Ammons of Atta Kulla Kulla lodge. Josh sent me an email offering to help share some knowledge about the issues of his lodge for the site. He penned the article and shared it with me in a MS Word file. I want to thank Josh...Read More
Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 15, 2020
This group also included about 40 binders that were the 3" D-ring design. So what I did was post on eBay that they were for sale sy $5 each. Free pickup in CLT or a TOR that I would be attending. Otherwise, I would give a shipping quote and just charge that exact amount. This goes back to...Read More
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About The Santeeswapper
Camp Director, Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow Vigil Honor Member and past Chief, lifelong Scouter and patch collector.Jason Spangler
14039 Hwy 74 East
Suite A6, #116
Indian Trail, NC 28079
(910) 671-4919 [text or call – leave a message]
email to santeeswapper@yahoo.com
Main website santeeswapper.com
I started collecting Boy Scout memorabilia when I was inducted into Santee Lodge 116, Order of the Arrow at Camp Coker in the summer of 1986. All the guys of ISWA chapter in Elk campsite seemed to be trading and since my dad sent me to camp with a small bag of patches, I jumped in and never looked back....
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