Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 05, 2019

One thing John said during the interview hit home. If you are a merit badge collector (patches) then you have an awful lot in common with someone who collects the pamphlets. In fact he suggests collecting them parallel as the changes in the MBs is closely reflected in the pamphlets. And after all you can't learn anything from a patch...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 03, 2019

What makes this TOR special is there is an army of volunteers that run it. I know it has to be around 12-15 people in grey polo shirts that manned the tables, ran the auction and kept everything moving. It would be near impossible to match that since most TORs are usually 1 or 2 people really behind the scenes....Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 1, 2019

I heard about Earl Fulmer and Marv Gershenfeld and Dave Luebitz and all these colorful characters that I was too young to ever meet in person (apologies if I spelled their names wrong). We talked about the collections that exchanged hands and how things were done back in the day. It's amazing to see how far back this hobby goes...Read More

Thread Heads #13: Trade-O-Ree Secret Sauce

The video chat show with hosts Brad England and Jason Spangler returns with an episode filmed immediately after the Dallas Trade-O-Ree in January. In this episode you can hear the results of the catalog presale strategy that Jason tried out prior to the recent South Carolina Trade-O-Ree. Then Brad delivers a Dallas Trade-O-Ree recap. Our main topic of discussion is...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 29, 2019

In this episode our main focus is talking about the secret sauce of Trade-O-Rees. Both of us are just coming off of having been at shows and this is always a topic of conversation. How do you get more people to attend them? We both offer up some suggestions. Another topic we hit is a first for the show. I...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 27, 2019

This time next weekend Scouts BSA will be official. Any timeline of Scouting history will have to include February 1, 2019. Here is what I've seen so far. A pinewood derby where the female Cubs built some awesome cars and placed in their age level and in the Pack top 3. High school age girls (we have two 16-year olds!)...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 25, 2019

Tonight my family has some racing to do. As in it's time for the pinewood derby at our pack. With 100 Cubs I can only say thank goodness we have an electronic timer on the track and a fancy computer software that tracks everything. I think each cub gets to run in 4 races which is still going to be...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 22, 2019

The new episode is an interview with John Athayde who is a computer software developer and Virginia OA collector. He had the idea for the project several years ago but it was actually an episode of the podcast I published in February of 2012 that almost made him abandon the project before he started. In that episode of the podcast...Read More

Scouting Hot Finds Radio Episode #86: Patchvault.org Interview with John Athayde

John Athayde and his collaborators on Patchvault.org are ready to turn back control of Order of the Arrow memorabilia listing to the people. With a background in software and a core group of collectors supporting the effort they have expanded the site from it's roots as Virginia OA specific to now include about 70 lodges. What sets this site apart...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 20, 2019

I am home from another successful South Carolina TOR hosted by Chris Jensen.  During the weekend I was able to visit with so many old friends and even make some new ones.  A midnight run to Waffle House being one of those opportunities.  With Dallas and Indy up next on the calendar the TOR season is really in full swing....Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 18, 2019

South Carolina Trade-O-Ree this Weekend Making history last night! We had 25 female Scouts attend our Commitment night last night for Troop 233 in Charlotte. It was rainy so the Scoutmaster had them out under the shelter going over how to pack for a camping trip. Most of these girls have turned in applications and will be ready to roll...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 15, 2019

The Video Blog Cast with Brad England returns One question I get over and over in talking with collectors was when is Thread Heads coming back? Back in November of 2014 Brad England and I debuted a 30-minute video call show.  The concept was pretty simple - get two patch collectors talking with short segments to keep the show structured. ...Read More

Thread Heads Episode #12: Relaunching The Show

The Boy Scout collectors show is back after a long hiatus. Brad England and Jason Spangler are the co-founders of the largest online community for Scouting memorabilia collectors. Thread Heads is a video blog show that hits topics that members of the Scout Patch Collectors facebook group will enjoy. In episode #12 you can hear Brad discuss some recent comments...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 11, 2019

Take a Coffee Mug No Please Take Another One man's junk is another man's treasure!  In the collecting community Scouting coffee mugs are kinda a curse.  Many of us have boxes of them through purchasing collections or just years spent in the program.  Last night I discovered that at a round table meeting featuring dozens of Scouting volunteers mugs are...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 8, 2019

85 Scouting History Data Crunching With Mike Clinch This morning I published episode #85 of my Scouting Hot Find Radio podcast. Some of you may not be familiar with my guest Mike Clinch but we will all come to appreciate his effort to document and publish Scouting history of councils, lodges and camps. I became a fan of his work...Read More

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