Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 16, 2014

I posted a video last night with some scenes from the recent Old Hickory TOR. I've got it linked in below for you to see. I hope you enjoy today's issue of the Hot Finds. I almost bid on a nice MB sash yesterday that was in the Hot Finds this weekend. This one was from the 1930s and had...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 9, 2014

Read down in today's issue to see the video that I just published which has already received some glowing reviews on Facebook. I've designed a simple system to use Boxware frames as a nice vertical display for Scouting memorabilia. In the 11+ minute video I share all the details and for the DIY type you can build one of these...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 14, 2014

I spent the weekend at the Old Hickory TOR and had the opportunity to display my North Carolina OA collection thanks to the generosity of Matt White. The show was a big hit with Saturday's turnout at more than 200 people through the door including some troops and many familiar faces from the area. This was the second time I...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 12, 2014

Today you can find a brand new episode of my podcast Scouting Hot Finds Radio. This show features an interview with one of the young guns in the hobby - Nick Wolf. The Patch King on Facebook shares his social media selling strategy and believe me we will all walk away with some fresh ideas. Nick is just 22 years...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 7, 2014

I took this picture Saturday morning during the Girl Scout camping trip that I went on this weekend. The girl in the pink hat is my daughter and her brother is the tag-a-long in the blue jacket. We had a great trip going back to my old stomping grounds. We did several things I had not done in more than...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 5, 2014

I am taking my Girl Scout troop camping this weekend....to a Boy Scout camp. See what happens when you put an Eagle Scout in charge of the girls? We are headed out this afternoon to Camp Coker which is my home camp for two nights. I hope you have some fun plans this weekend also. After I hit the publish...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 2, 2014

Today I have a fresh piece of content for the you with a video from CarolinaOA.com interviewing Wesley Drennan. Over the last year Wes has visited numerous OA lodge events as a guest across the Carolinas and in this 11 minute interview he shares his story and offers some advice. I've never seen anything quite like the Air Scout spotter...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 30, 2014

I hope you've had a great holiday weekend. I got rid of my in-laws and did eBay shipping for 12 hours yesterday so I'm glad it's Sunday! Enjoy clicking through the Hot Finds picks today and when you're done take a walk around the neighborhood to work off the Thanksgiving calories. The vintage pair of Boy Scout shoes ends pretty...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 28, 2014

Now we know that the final price for the OA Mixed Lot of the Century was just over $12k. From listening to Patch-L is looks like there are some people looking to pick off individual pieces so the buyer is going to have some decisions to make. This one might show back up for sale in pieces pretty soon. I've...Read More

SHF Radio Radio #70: Social Media Selling Strategy w/Nick Wolf

The last several episodes of Scouting Hot Finds Radio have focused on unique strategies that people in the hobby of collecting Boy Scout memorabilia have used to feed their habit. Today's episode of the podcast takes the question to one of the young guns in the hobby Nick Wolf of the Connecticut Yankee Council and Owaneco Lodge 313. Nicknamed the...Read More

Boy Scout Memorabilia Display System For Boxware Frames

This video shares an idea for how to build displays that use the Boxware Frames sold by Chris Jensen over at www.streamwood.net. In preparation for putting together a Boy Scout museum for the 2014 Dixie Fellowship I contracted a carpenter to make an idea I had come to life. Essentially I wanted to be able to vertically display in a...Read More

Thread Heads Episode #3: Collector Resource Guides For The Hobby

In any collecting hobby there will be reference guides that help collectors figure out what's been issued and inform them on what to collect. In the Boy Scout memorabilia hobby there are dozens of books and on this episode of Thread Heads the hosts share a couple that they have been using this week. Brad uses the screenshare feature to...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 25, 2014

Brad England and I just published Episode #3 of our talk show for the hobby called Thread Heads. Today we are talking about collector resource books among other things. You can watch the video below or check the website for this show at ScoutPatchCollectors.com. It wasn't until very recently that I got an old copy of the Warshield which as...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 23, 2014

I have another quick video for you in this issue. This time it's a show that hasn't been in production for almost a year. Back in 2013 Hank Birdsong and I first started dabbling with the idea of a 5-7 minute show to talk focus on patches for the website CarolinaOA.com. We stalled out for most of 2014 but now...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 21, 2014

Well by now most of you have seen what looks to be the OA Mixed Lot of the Century is live on eBay. This honestly might go down as the single biggest eBay sale of the recent decade at the pace it's on. When you do click on it remember that you have to click on each picture in the...Read More

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