Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 30, 2023

  All day today I have been listing Eagle Scout medals (well building drafts). This will be the first time I've tried listing vintage medals and boy when I hit publish it's going to be a tidal wave. I have about 140 medals to list along with some empty coffin cases.   On eBay this week I have 294 live auctions as...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 28, 2023

  Yesterday I met a 16 year old Venturer and her mom that geeked out about vintage Scouting memorabilia at my warehouse and left me smiling. For the backstory my daughter is going to Philmont this summer with a local Venturing Crew. In a recent call I invited any members of the crew to come picking at my warehouse instead...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 23, 2023

  For a few years now Matthew Delk and I have put on a program at camp on Tuesday nights that we call the Pop Up Scout Museum. Each of us picks a topic and does a 15-minute show-and-tell presentation to share the history and get folks interested. Then this devolves into answering questions - letting the Scouts handle the...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 21, 2023

  Have you ever used the excuse of taking one of your kids to a birthday party to slip away and do a project while you are waiting it out? Last night I got to spend several hours building some more shelving at the patch warehouse while my son was otherwise enjoying a 13th birthday party for one of his...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 9, 2023

  My daughter helped photograph all of my Eagle Scout medal dupes in the last month and now it's time to list them. In all the years of selling BSA memorabilia, I have never really sold Eagle medals. Part of me was reluctant because maybe I wanted to keep them and part of me didn't want to learn the variations....Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 7, 2023

  I don't usually start off the newsletter with family updates but we are in the Music City so that my kids can cash in their Christmas present of tickets to see Taylor Swift tonight. Last night my wife and I went to the Grand Ole Opry to see the Saturday night show. I have no patch business to conduct...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 5, 2023

  I had a pretty special visitor to the warehouse this week. Paul Myers was in the are visiting family and paid me a visit for a few hours. I have actually never stopped him at a TOR to say hello so it was my first time genuinely getting to meet him. The stories he could tell! It was a...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 2, 2023

  As I race to the finish line another project has been completed. For the first time ever I have listed all of my event dupes for my home council on my eBay Store. I still don't have all of my camp dupes up but that's coming soon too. By the end of the week I'll also have another three boxes...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 30, 2023

With only four weeks before I push off for my summer camp role it's time to make some decisions around the business. I have been diligently working on completing some projects and one of those has been listing all of my merit badges for sale. I have a few more boxes that are prepped and ready to go this week....Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 28, 2023

As a collector, I think that reference books are essential to the hobby. I know I have an entire library of them gleaned from decades of attending TORs and buying collections. Yesterday, David Miura posted a draft of his guide on JSPs asking for feedback. It is reminiscent of the Camp Book style of a database checklist. Please check your council and the...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 25, 2023

For a few years now with my daughter's old troop when it came time for the Court of Honor, I'd get a visit from the advancement chairman. She would pick through my tubs and get just about every merit badge patch needed for the event and save the troop tons of money. I've now got all those dupes organized and...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 23, 2023

  Several of the readers have asked me about getting some of the new patches from the new lodge formed in 2023 when Santee 116 and Muscogee 221 merged. This weekend at conclave I was able to get my hands on some dupes so I have posted the pictures here in case you are still looking. S1-S4 stacked in the...Read More

Boy Scout Merit Badge Patch Recycling To Save Troops Money

In my warehouse I have accumulated thousands of modern era Boy Scout merit badge patches from buying collections. Whereas many collectors are not interested in these I have come to discover that the best way to recycle these may be getting them back into the hands of Scout troops. These plastic back modern design patches are still serviceable and can...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 21, 2023

After many weeks of prep, I am bringing my Shopify Store ScoutPatchHQ.com back online today. One reason many of you will want to visit today is that I'm now making available free PDF downloads of all my Prices Realized books. I got this idea from Chris Jensen who has also shared his books as free PDFs on his website.   I...Read More

Boy Scout Collection Unboxing – Texas District Scout Executive 1980s-1990s

You never know what you are going to find when you unbox the collection of a District Executive. These folks are literally the hardest working people in the movement tasked with recruiting troops running events and raising money to support the council. This collection came to me from Texas and belonged to a long time District Executive there. One of...Read More

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