Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 16, 2015

This weekend I'll be at Chris Jensen's show in Easley, SC. As i was driving up I participated in the ISCA board meeting via a conference call. I was not able to stay on the line for the entire 2+ hour meeting but hopefully I'll have some news to share soon on how the survey results are going to push...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 13, 2015

This coming Thursday the board of the International Scouting Collectors Association (ISCA) will be having the annual board meeting preceding the Dallas TOR. One of the big topics will be results from a recent survey that some of you probably filled out. Around 250 people responded to the inquiry and the results could help point ISCA in the right direction...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 11, 2015

This time next weekend folks will be coming home from two big TORs on opposite ends of the South. I'm sure many folks will be in Dallas for the annual show. I've been a few times myself but this year I'll be at Chris Jensen's show which is just a little bit closer. There are some great auctions ending soon...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 9, 2015

I have a lot of content in this issue! Updates to the TOR calendar, a new video published this week and a fresh episode of my podcast. Be sure to check it all out and of course links to dozens of great live auctions in the Boy Scout category. The idea with Thread Heads is to record and publish a...Read More

SHF Radio #71: Patch Trading at the 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference

I decided to record this episode of the podcast when I got a message from a Facebook friend. Krishna Palani asked, "Can you please offer me some resources and tips for trading patches at NOAC? I'm relatively new to trading and I'm going to NOAC this year." I started to fire off a message back when I realized that this...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 6, 2015

About once a year I screw up and send out a newsletter to those of you one this list who have no interest in military collectibles. I apologize for the mistake yesterday and I tried to respond individually to those of you who contacted me. Now on with some good old Scouting picks! I made sure to include these Explorer...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 4, 2015

For weeks if not months you've heard me talking about the TOR that my home lodge was putting on this weekend and it's finally a wrap. I am happy to report that things went off without a hitch. We had thirty tables rented and just about all of those guys reported that they sold enough to make them want to...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 2, 2015

I've been talking about it for a while now and the weekend is here. My lodge will be hosting a Scout Memorabilia Show (TOR) for the first time this Saturday in Florence, SC. We have over 30 tables rented with dealers coming from 4 states. I'm going to launch a Facebook ad this morning and that's about all the trumpeting...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 30, 2014

I got an email from the lodge adviser of Santee #116 confirming that the lodge store will be open during the Pee Dee Area Council Scout Memorabilia Show. Since we were the host lodge for the 2014 Dixie Fellowship we ended up with all the leftover memorabilia including hundreds of patches, neckerchiefs etc. I hope some of you will make...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 28, 2014

I am visiting with my family this weekend and I want to share an exchange between my 5 year old son and his 74 year old grandfather. My dad asked Patrick if he wanted a train set on the condition that I would have to help him set it up. My dad's big hobby has always been model trains. Patrick...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 26, 2014

I hope you enjoyed the holidays and are counting down to the new year. There is a lot of college football to watch between now and then including a bowl game tomorrow that my favorite team is in. Have fun flipping through these picks in today's newsletter. I guess even with the photo reversed there will be some bids coming...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 23, 2014

I want to take this opportunity to wish all the readers a happy holidays. Here at my house we will be celebrating Christmas with a church service tomorrow along with an overnight visit from my in-laws. It seems that when you have the grandchildren you control where holidays get celebrated. :) I have been working on a checklist of Senior...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 21, 2014

Hank Birdsong and I have a new episode of our quick hitting video series Cloth Talk 2.0 published today. In this show we are sharing some ideas for how to organize your patch collection. While the series is built for the audience at CarolinaOA.com this video would appeal to any collector. I've got a link to watch it later in...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 19, 2014

I got a call from someone yesterday asking me to about some old issues of Boy's Life Magazine. I should have known this but there is a searchable archive of every copy over on the website. You can search people's names or like me things you are interested in collecting and pull up the old articles. Very cool! I talked...Read More

Boy Scout Handbooks from the Teens and Twenties First Come First Sold

Russell Smart is a well known Scouter and collector in the hobby. I am helping him promote a group of Scout handbooks that he would like to find new owners for. Here is the message I got from him yesterday. I have 25 first and second edition scout handbooks available. 1911 thru 1927. They are dupes from my upgrades over...Read More

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