Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 14, 2016

If not for all the craziness going on right now I would have really loved to attend a Sea Badge course that was held in eastern North Carolina last weekend. Then to hear this week that Sea Scouts is no longer going to stand under the Venturing umbrella but once again be independent. Looks like after 100 years the skippers...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 12, 2016

I've always found it really interesting (being that I live in NC) that the only council issued patch that is personalized from the 50th anniversary is the "Rich Square" issue below. Because of that it fits into a lot of peoples themed collection for the 50th and is always a popular piece when I can put on in the Hot...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 9, 2016

The first block in the Hot Finds always features some of the best vintage auctions live on eBay. Well maybe not the Pinewood Derby kit but you would be surprised how many bids that has. :) I've been talking to Brad England who is in the middle of his own blind trade with SAP issues right now. He is coaching...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter Febuary 7, 2016

I talked to Brad England Saturday about how to run a "blind trade" because I'm seriously thinking about organizing one. If anyone has any tips please email me and let me know. My focus is going to be OA activity patches and I'm considering doing one with camp patches later. Despite all the packing I am seriously going to organize...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 5, 2016

Well my favorite piece in this block has to be the jacket that is hanging in my closet. I may get the story wrong but I believe the Pedro wool jacket was an incentive to get professional Scouts to increase Boy's Life subscriptions. At least that's the story that was passed down to me. I think it was issued in...Read More

Facebook Store at ScoutPatchHQ.com

In case you want to see what I'm up to on Facebook offering patches for sale try using this slide show to see. All patches here are $3.50 each shipped or 3/$10, 6/$20, 10/$30 - send a message if you want to pick up any of these. Use the printed SKU # on the label to tell me what you...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 2, 2016

Oh I love estate sale finds. Now me personally I never go to estate sales (who has time with 2 kids?) but I love when they bring stuff out of the attic onto eBay. Check out the frame below that belongs to a late 40's early 50's Eagle Scout and Silver Award recipient from Florida. When you click inside you...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 26, 2016

Last night at Girl Scouts I talked to the other troop leaders about the trip to the Summit this summer for a mini camp. Two of the other female leaders are all about it so it looks like we are a go. The information said that we need to expect to walk 7 miles per day on average. Looks like...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 24, 2016

Well for any of you out there that have worked on a lodge memorabilia history book I hope you've taken time by now to review the major changes proposed in the reworking of the Blue Book. One of the most notable is dropping the "S" designation for solid embroidered flaps and making "F" be the letter used to describe all...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 22, 2016

The new video is an unboxing video from the same gentlemen that sold me the CSP box I featured in the newsletter a few weeks ago. Every once in a while I'll get a collection where the person drips it out in boxes instead of sending me everything at once. This OA box is the last one he sent and...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 19, 2016

Well I did it again. While cleaning out my garage and taking things to storage I popped some pictures of items onto Facebook right before I put them away in a box. Once again thanks to the Scout Patch Collectors Facebook Group I now have a few less items to throw in storage and some collectors will be happy to...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 10, 2015

I'll expand on one of my favorite words of wisdom from Mac McLean that some of you can relate to. Mac used to always say the people that should get the patches are the ones that attended the event. This explains why in his day (and mine) at the end of the event they would form a line and say...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 8, 2016

I used to own a classic VW Bus and recently my friend had one for sale which led me to being a little nostalgic about the old campers. So one night after Christmas I randomly responded to Craigs List ads that I thought looked interesting. About a week later I got started down a rabbit hole that I finally uncovered...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 5, 2016

So funny thing about the early national meeting Indian breechcloth from Nayawin Rar 296. If you look closely you can see the seller adds that many people have asked him to sell the item off eBay but he states he is going to let the auction run. Yep! That is the underside of this hobby everybody wants to scoop their...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 29, 2015

Would you believe that Girl Scout cookie delivery may blow up my opportunity to attend my favorite TOR? I probably haven't missed the Easley, SC show in...well maybe ever including the time I went while sick with pneumonia (regretted that!). However we have a tractor trailer delivering over 500 cases to our church parking lot and most signs point towards...Read More

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