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

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 23, 2021

  This week I released episode #95 of the podcast which features an interview with Mitch Reis. Some of you may have already purchased the 5th Edition of his awesome reference book on dating badges, uniforms and insignia. The last edition came out in 2009 so there was a ton of catching up to do. As you'll hear in the...Read More

#95 Dating And Identifying Boy Scout Memorabilia With Mitch Reis

Mitch Reis has just published the 5th Edition of A Guide To Dating And Identifying Boy Scouts Of America Badges, Uniform, & Insignia. This book is one of the reference "bibles" that all Scouting memorabilia collectors should have on their shelf. There is hardly a topic that is not covered if it was worn on a uniform. In this interview...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 21, 2021

    So tomorrow I have to make a trip to the Scout shop. Monday is my son's first Scout meeting and of course one of the things he is required to bring is a book. Despite the fact that I have hundreds and hundreds of Scout books in my warehouse there is one I don't have - the 13th...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 19, 2021

  Yesterday my daughter decided to make some funny memes for our Camp Barstow Instagram account. I am not on Instagram so I was happy for the account to get some attention. She made 1/2 dozen that were pretty funny but I only posted the tamest one which related to the merit badge bundle that she teaches. But I appreciate the interest...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 16, 2021

  I posted on my Facebook account the sad story but I might as well share it with the readers of the Hot Finds as many of you have had this happen. Yesterday I had to put down a car (yeah kinda like Old Yeller). Coming home from our camping trip my 2004 Buick SUV left me and 3 Scouts...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 14, 2021

  I am still figuring out the new template for the newsletter. Luckily after Friday I fixed the issue of pictures not always having a link to the auction. Sorry for teasing you on some of those! Apparently this is what progress looks like with a new and updated template that is more mobile friendly.   At Camp Barstow I've...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 12, 2021

  Well I guess this is what progress looks like. My email provider has decided that my decade old template was too old fashioned so they have decided to force me into accepting their new system. I am still playing with some things but I've tried to recreate the layout of the newsletter that everyone is used to. Their goal...Read More

Scouting Hot Finds Boy Scout Category Top 10 List #28

Last minute snipes, insurance bids and good old fashioned store inventory are among the best selling items in the Boy Scout category of eBay for the week of March 1-7, 2021. This video brings back an old classic. My last Top 10 video was published in May of 2012. So in bringing it back I've drawn some inspiration from other...Read More

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