Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 16, 2021

  Back in Episode #91 of the Scouting Hot Finds Radio podcast Russell Smart shared that he was beginning to break up his fantastic OA odd shape collection. As most of you know he has been selling the 100 best pieces in a flipbook private sale. Today I am announcing the beginning of his next phase - SmartScoutPatches.com.   I've collaborated with Russell...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 13, 2021

  This week I published a great unboxing video from an 86 year old gentlemen who joined the Cub Scouts in 1944. I talked to him on the phone and really enjoyed listening to his stories growing up in IL during that era.   Unbelievably he had an original copy of the Wabaningo Lodge Emblem Handbook in perfect condition. He...Read More

WWII Era Boy Scout Collection Unboxing Philmont, Wabaningo and More

When I got the phone call on this collection my ears lit up. On the other side of the line was an 86 year old gentleman who joined the Cub Scouts in 1944 went through the Boy Scout program in the years after the war and became an Explorer in 1950. This experience in Scouting included a 45 day trip...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 11, 2021

  This weekend the parking lot was full at Camp Barstow which was great to see. This was the largest event at the camp since COVID struck and a great warm up to having campers in a few months.   The event was the council's annual Merit Badge University. My Program Director and I had the opportunity to speak to...Read More

The Camp Book II Version 3 (2021) Definitive Guide To BSA Camps

I am happy to announce the Camp Book II Version 3 (2021) is now available for sale.  Bob Sherman has graciously agreed to allow me to publish the book as I have since 2012.  The latest update features a wealth of additions from the last update in 2014.  So what is the Camp Book II?   It is a complete...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 09, 2021

  Today the Camp Book II V3 goes live! This is the amazing reference book by Sherman, Doyle and Minnihan that was first published in 2012, The 2021 edition is 1612 pages and includes listings by camp, council and state. In addition there is a 36 page section on segregated Scout camps.   The authors have multiple ways you can...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 06, 2021

  Today I published Episode #96 of Scouting Hot Finds Radio. This is an interview with Wiatt Williamson on making collecting guides. Wiatt has offered to share a free template that he has created which really makes it easy to jump start any guide project.   Wiattt has been making local guides for OA lodges and camps in Utah for...Read More

Scouting Hot Finds Radio Podcast #96 Creating Scouting Memorabilia Collecting Guides With Wiatt Williamson

Wiatt Williamson has cracked the code on how to write a Scouting memorabilia guide book. In his years in the hobby he has written over a dozen guides for Order of the Arrow lodges, councils and camps. In this interview he shares the blueprint and makes an offer to share his easy to use template with everyone out there. I...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 04, 2021

  Happy Easter to those of you that celebrate the holiday. For only the 2nd time in 2021 my church is holding in person worship (outside) today and we are scheduled for the 11 AM service. It is beginning to feel a little more normal now. We went on vacation Thurs-Sat and I can tell you the roads were packed....Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 02, 2021

  I've mentioned for some time that I have been working on a big project to organize my name/number flap collection. As of this week I am officially finished! By my count there are just under 750 lodges that produced a flap. As you might have guessed I decided to make a short video kinda explaining my project and sharing...Read More

OA Name & Number Flap Collection Project

For going on 25 years I have been toying with a collection of Order of the Arrow flaps. Since the 1997 National Scout Jamboree I've been keeping a list and trying to add new pieces. But in the last 6 months I've gotten much more serious and made a lot of progress developing a master spreadsheet tracking every lodge that...Read More

Unboxing Huge Boy Scout Memorabilia Collection From New Jersey

This collection was a home run. Two giant boxes filled with patches, neckerchiefs, and all manner of Scouting memorabilia going back over 40+ years. The Scouter that I purchased this collection from lives in Nebraska now but did a lot of his Scouting In New Jersey. He also attended some Jamborees and did a lot of trading. I was blown...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 28, 2021

  Thursday I did get to host a Scouter who drove about 3 hours to sell me his collection. We spent a lot of time going through the boxes and sharing stories. He spent many years in the Mid-Atlantic area and was a fairly serious local collector. I won't have an unboxing video for that one but I did film...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 26, 2021

  Today I have blocked out some time to finish sorting out my OA name / number collection. Back in January I bought a very large OA collection from the 1960s-70s that has many of my needs in it. There are also some upgrades for my collection so I'm going through 1 lodge at a time to decide which flap...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 23, 2021

  Today I published my latest unboxing video (link below) with a collection that came to me from New Jersey via Nebraska. This guy did most of his Scouting in NJ and had 40+ years in the program. I was blown away buy the amount of stuff he put in 2 boxes weighing 40 pounds total.   One of the...Read More

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