Collecting Senior Scouting Memorabilia

This year I am making the break from being an Order of the Arrow collector and I’m getting into some areas of collecting that I think of as the classics. Things like insignia such as old rank, position patches and especially merit badges.  But perhaps my favorite is starting up a collection focused on Senior Scouting.  Now that’s not a...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 24, 2015

During the recent lodge fellowship that I attended it was interesting to me how many conversations I had with Scouters that were very interested in patches but very wary of dipping their toes into the hobby. I think there is an illusion that it's very easy to get ripped off by unscrupulous people. That's what the chats led me to...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 22, 2015

I just got back my lodge's Spring Fellowship. For a rare weekend I was able to get a 2-day pass from my wife to spend a weekend doing Boy Scouting. It might have something to do with the fact that she is going to Boston for 5 days later this week. Hmmm... One of the neat patch related things that...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March , 2015

The auction pictured to the right is kinda a head scratcher. It must be some kinda joke. I even saw Bill Topkis post last night on Facebook asking what is going on with this one. Well despite the face that there is a weird one in today's issue I'm sure you'll be pleased with some of the other picks I...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 17, 2015

Over the last two weeks I've been given Scouting collectibles at my son's preschool at three different times. I don't know if that ever happens to you but it's quite a strange roll for me. The first was a camp patch and then the next day a dad gave me a merit badge pamphlet. So not a huge haul. But...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 15, 2015

I am sending out this issue of the Hot Finds on the road. We are on the way back from a camping trip and thanks to some McDonald's wi-fi I can put the finishing touches on this and press send. Enjoy! I'm pretty anal about my collections so luckily I already have two of the Type 2 Silver Medals. For...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 10, 2015

Ok as promised here is a picture of the smiling Girl Scouts from Scout Sunday. My girls are wearing the green vests in the middle. This week on Thursday or Friday we are going to have the girls wear their uniforms to school in honor of Scout anniversary week. I told one of the parents I wore my Boy Scout...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 8, 2015

The book was laying out the program for boys aged 15+ and it described a complete family of Scouting that would include seamlessly Cub Scout Pack, Boy Scout Troop and now a Senior Scout patrol or Explorer Post. Recently at my church I was asked to serve on the Christian Education Committee and be in charge of reporting back on...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 6, 2015

I was lucky enough to get a Type 1 Silver Award medal in a collection a few years ago. At one time people considered that to be a $1000-$1500 medal so we will see if this one can bring that old money. I used to own a 1967 split window VW bus. In the days before kids that was one...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 3, 2015

Turns out the BSA National Annual Meeting is coming up this May in Atlanta. Since it's close a guy in my council has been trying to round up a crew to attend and he's invited me to join the caravan. I've obviously never been to this event but apparently anybody can sign up to attend so I'm considering it. Right...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 1, 2015

I had a hunch confirmed recently that I thought some of you might like to hear about. A few collectors have asked me about having an antique booth and whether I thought it was worth it. Well I am coming around to the idea that it serves me as just one income stream for my patch business but there is...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 27, 2015

I finally got around to putting some new stuff up on eBay this week and yesterday launched 600+ camp patches to my store at www.Patchblanket.com on eBay. It is interesting to watch just how quickly people can react to new stuff being listed - that's something I don't pay attention to but many of you do as I've found out...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 24, 2015

The snow is falling in my corner of North Carolina and the kids are home from school (again) so it's a good day to work on patches. I've been working on two boxes of camp patches that I hope to have ready tonight to get up on eBay as a fixed priced listing. Last week I posted my needs in...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 22, 2015

  While some of you were spending this weekend at a TOR I was taking the Girl Scouts to spend the day with some engineering students at NC State. Other than that minor scrape with a '98 Nissan Sentra we made it home safely. This is the second time I've had issues trying to park the church mini-bus in Raleigh...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 20, 2015

I have a lot packed into this issue of the Hot Finds. There is a new video chat published with myself and Hank Birdsong talking about ways to acquire cheap trading stock. This week I also spent several hours working on the TOR calendar and it features 18 new flyers that I have posted. One weekend in March has 5...Read More

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