Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 18, 2021

  This weekend I've published a Top 10 video for the Boy Scout category covering the last three weeks of March. This one picks up where #28 left off. When I made that one I said I was looking for feedback. I got lots of positive comments but the time commitment to create these meant that I needed to finds...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 16, 2021

  Back in Episode #91 of the Scouting Hot Finds Radio podcast Russell Smart shared that he was beginning to break up his fantastic OA odd shape collection. As most of you know he has been selling the 100 best pieces in a flipbook private sale. Today I am announcing the beginning of his next phase - SmartScoutPatches.com.   I've collaborated with Russell...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 13, 2021

  This week I published a great unboxing video from an 86 year old gentlemen who joined the Cub Scouts in 1944. I talked to him on the phone and really enjoyed listening to his stories growing up in IL during that era.   Unbelievably he had an original copy of the Wabaningo Lodge Emblem Handbook in perfect condition. He...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 11, 2021

  This weekend the parking lot was full at Camp Barstow which was great to see. This was the largest event at the camp since COVID struck and a great warm up to having campers in a few months.   The event was the council's annual Merit Badge University. My Program Director and I had the opportunity to speak to...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 09, 2021

  Today the Camp Book II V3 goes live! This is the amazing reference book by Sherman, Doyle and Minnihan that was first published in 2012, The 2021 edition is 1612 pages and includes listings by camp, council and state. In addition there is a 36 page section on segregated Scout camps.   The authors have multiple ways you can...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 06, 2021

  Today I published Episode #96 of Scouting Hot Finds Radio. This is an interview with Wiatt Williamson on making collecting guides. Wiatt has offered to share a free template that he has created which really makes it easy to jump start any guide project.   Wiattt has been making local guides for OA lodges and camps in Utah for...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 04, 2021

  Happy Easter to those of you that celebrate the holiday. For only the 2nd time in 2021 my church is holding in person worship (outside) today and we are scheduled for the 11 AM service. It is beginning to feel a little more normal now. We went on vacation Thurs-Sat and I can tell you the roads were packed....Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 02, 2021

  I've mentioned for some time that I have been working on a big project to organize my name/number flap collection. As of this week I am officially finished! By my count there are just under 750 lodges that produced a flap. As you might have guessed I decided to make a short video kinda explaining my project and sharing...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 28, 2021

  Thursday I did get to host a Scouter who drove about 3 hours to sell me his collection. We spent a lot of time going through the boxes and sharing stories. He spent many years in the Mid-Atlantic area and was a fairly serious local collector. I won't have an unboxing video for that one but I did film...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 26, 2021

  Today I have blocked out some time to finish sorting out my OA name / number collection. Back in January I bought a very large OA collection from the 1960s-70s that has many of my needs in it. There are also some upgrades for my collection so I'm going through 1 lodge at a time to decide which flap...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 23, 2021

  Today I published my latest unboxing video (link below) with a collection that came to me from New Jersey via Nebraska. This guy did most of his Scouting in NJ and had 40+ years in the program. I was blown away buy the amount of stuff he put in 2 boxes weighing 40 pounds total.   One of the...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 23, 2021

  This week I released episode #95 of the podcast which features an interview with Mitch Reis. Some of you may have already purchased the 5th Edition of his awesome reference book on dating badges, uniforms and insignia. The last edition came out in 2009 so there was a ton of catching up to do. As you'll hear in the...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 21, 2021

    So tomorrow I have to make a trip to the Scout shop. Monday is my son's first Scout meeting and of course one of the things he is required to bring is a book. Despite the fact that I have hundreds and hundreds of Scout books in my warehouse there is one I don't have - the 13th...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 19, 2021

  Yesterday my daughter decided to make some funny memes for our Camp Barstow Instagram account. I am not on Instagram so I was happy for the account to get some attention. She made 1/2 dozen that were pretty funny but I only posted the tamest one which related to the merit badge bundle that she teaches. But I appreciate the interest...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 16, 2021

  I posted on my Facebook account the sad story but I might as well share it with the readers of the Hot Finds as many of you have had this happen. Yesterday I had to put down a car (yeah kinda like Old Yeller). Coming home from our camping trip my 2004 Buick SUV left me and 3 Scouts...Read More

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