Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 19, 2017

Well here is my big announcement for this issue of the Hot Finds. In the next 10 days I'll be pulling up stakes on my antique mall booths along the I-95 corridor and bringing everything to Charlotte. My goal was to have all this taken care of in time to promote the new location at the Charlotte TOR and it...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 10, 2017

In the interview Nick shares the story of developing and manufacturing his patch trading blanket. It all started at a NOAC when he purchased four really large blankets that another collector had produced locally. After six months of R&D his own smaller and more affordable blankets rolled out. Now he has another version out with one more meant for larger...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 7, 2017

Later this week I'll be publishing another one of my unboxing videos. This one I filmed a while back and it just got lost in the shuffle. I also have been working to edit a video I shot at the Columbus OH TOR that might be ready to go this week also. This one is kinda fun because it stresses...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 5, 2017

It might be a little tough to make out what you are looking at here but these are pallets of Girl Scout cookies! We helped the troop pick up our load at the parking lot of Carowinds and I snagged this picture as we were pulling out Saturday morning. In fact as I publish today's newsletter Patrick and I have...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 3, 2017

This is a shot of the burn barrels that supplied the hardwood coals for the BBQ pits. You can't see it in the background but there is a mountain of firewood that we feed into these and harvested the coals with long handled flat shovels. Several troops in Charlotte put on BBQ fundraisers but I think most cook them on...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 31, 2017

Can you relate to this? Our family has 5 Scouting obligations in a span of 4 days. Friday is the BBQ then Saturday morning we have to go back out to pick up Scouting For Food donations. Later that morning it's a trip to the parking lot of Carowinds to pick up Girl Scout cookies for the troop (by the...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 29, 2017

This weekend there are a number of good OA pieces and vintage pieces linked in on this opening block. One recent collection that I got in included a really clean felt flocked Ordeal sash in near mint condition. I'm going to put that one in my collection. It might be a sign you are spending too much time on Boy...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 27, 2017

I'm reaching out today via email to some folks to start up some small projects with the Podcast and websites. I've discovered that its really a challenge to get other people onboard a project that your piloting. Just ask the Blue Book errr uh OA Guide...ummm whatever they are calling it these days. One of my old Scout buddies is...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 24, 2017

My wife was kinda giving me a hard time about my lack of pinewood derby expertise. She thinks she's married to a Boy Scout expert. However, I reminded her that all those years of being a leader was taking Scouts camping and this is my first time doing Cub Scouts since I was the one wearing the dark blue uniform....Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 22, 2017

The lead off block in the newsletter is always stocked with the pick of the litter. You can find old felts, rare award medals and more here all ending soon. I know that some of my frenemies in the hobby go crazy when I list pre-fdl flaps in a $5 album. My math shows that if I can skip all...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 20, 2017

Some of my friends in the hobby are attending the Dallas TOR this weekend. If you are down there I wish you happy hunting. Be sure to check out Nick Loesch's tables as he is ready to make some deals. The Catawba 459 set below is a brand new fundraiser set that celebrates some of the classic flaps from the...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 17, 2017

So many of my favorite collecting niches are represented in this block. I have the Type 1 Explorer Silver Award in my collection and Senior Scouting including Air Explorers is one of my favorite areas. I won't be able to get out a new episode of the podcast this week with everything that is going on. However, I do have...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 15, 2017

My older brother Chris probably has more memories of my dad going camping as he was the Scoutmaster back in the late 70s and early 80s. We are 8 years apart so for example my brother attended the 1981 Jamboree and I went in 1989. But along the way my dad was active in the District and received the Award...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 13, 2017

My introduction to the hobby was in the mid 1980s with mail order lists and phone auctions. Some of you reading might be millennials who have always experienced this hobby with a smart phone in your pocket and the Facebook App on the Scout Patch Collectors. Nick Loesch is old school having traded back in the 1960s when as he...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 10, 2017

In the last issue I told you about a vintage clothing seller that had approached me for a valuation on some stuff she had come across. Thanks to the Eagle eyes of one of the Hot Finds readers I can now share that she has listed the items for sale on eBay. I've got a link here for the nice...Read More

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