Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 21, 2018

TORs are great opportunities to purchase stuff to resale. Some times in person you can catch someone looking to downsize or unload some stuff they just don't want to fool with. Matt Delk loves loading up on eBay fodder as he calls it and was happy to walk out of the Dallas TOR with arm fulls of stuff he got...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 16, 2018

This is the 3rd edition of this book and it's clearly an upgrade in every way. In the past I only released the book by going to camp and handing out printed copies during a patch talk. The last time was 2010. While I do see the value in doing all that again the key is making it as easy...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 14, 2018

When my family moved almost two years ago I snapped this picture of the storage unit where I stockpiled my hoard of Scout stuff accumulated from a decade of buying collections. Sadly many of these boxes have still not been opened so in 2018 this stockpile will become the genesis for the hundreds of silent auctions at the Charlotte TOR....Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 12, 2018

Well among merit badge collectors it doesn't get much tougher than that. A Nut Culture on wide crimped cloth. Man that's one I will probably never have but watching it go on eBay is going to be fun. The vintage Ranger patch pictured next to it is another cool piece but not nearly as scarce. After the Round Table I...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 2, 2018

"I know this topic has come up before in Order of the Arrow threads, but I feel like there is not much that is being done on this issue of Indian-play in the ceremonies (please correct me if there is active work on this). This image is from the National Museum of American Indian exhibit "Americans" on American Indian imagery...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 09, 2018

When I got involved with Best Hobby Pages last year there was one thing that really sold me on the product - the Super Fans. In eCommerce talk these are the unsolicited referrals and loyal customers who are willing to authentically promote your product or service to others. For Best Hobby Pages I captured some of these comments and built...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 7, 2018

I have a two-page information sheet that explains how this blind trade will work. Essentially you send in duplicates or JSPs that you don't want to keep any more and those will get shuffled with the other trades that come in to give you completely different stock. Saturday was devoted to recruiting staff and making a pitch for Camp Barstow...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 5, 2018

It's a testament to him that the first reactions on Facebook to this news was people asking if everything was okay with Joe. Rest assured Joe is not going anywhere but life got busy with him (new job, moving, family) and he felt like it was time to hand it off to someone that could keep it going. So moving...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 02, 2018

It only took me two decades but I finally got a Seminole jacket of my own. I'd always seen them at TORs in the south and thought they were super cool. But not until last year when I bought a collection did I finally get one. I haven't worn it yet but maybe that will change as soon as I...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 31, 2017

I had a neat conversation yesterday with a lady in Michigan who is both a realtor and has an estate sale service. She often gets clients where the children live out of state and need to sell their parents homes. So she handles both the estate sale and then acts as the realtor. Anyway she got into a house with...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 29, 2017

I have seen plenty of typos in all my years of doing the Hot Finds. A few of you have been very good at catching me when I make a grammatical bobo. So with that I ask what are Scounting patches? Click the link below to see. This week I visited a Klondike Camp held at Camp Barstow whereby the...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 26, 2017

I am pretty sure I saw the neat Explorer Silver Award neckerchief advertised on Facebook before it went to auction. This one is similar to the Eagle Scout neckerchiefs of that time period which were probably done by the same company. I'm pretty sure it's not a legit issue in the sense of the advancement system but more of a...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 24, 2017

Part of this process is looking back at 2017 and thinking out loud where are the areas that you fell short. Inevitably that includes the 1/2 dozen websites that I have branched off from www.Santeeswapper.com. Is there a way to schedule myself to get some new blog posts, videos, tutorials and other content fresh up on these projects? I have...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 22, 2017

I got a treat in the mail yesterday. I bought the merit badge pamphlets for the 4 Air Scout themed merit badges from the 1940s. These blue cover books are really the building blocks of all the advancement that the Air Scout program was put together with. When I display my patch collection I like to include as much historical...Read More

Blind Trade! Council Issued Jamboree Shoulder Patches

The view from my last blind trade. Every pile has a name on it and I go through sorting until everything is swapped around. Now that the Jamboree is a memory do you have some leftover JSPs that are sitting there? A blind trade is a perfect way to take your dupes and shuffle them around...Read More

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