Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 25, 2018

This collection belonged to a retired professional Scouter who worked for the BSA in the 1950s-70s. He has since passed away and it was his children that reached out to me regarding the estate. ALOT of the collection was bags full of left over event patches but there were some jewels in there. I already have a great plan to...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 20, 2018

Fun times in GA last night. We knew a big storm was headed our way and at 11:30 PM we all had to evacuate to a basement in the camp for a Tornado Watch. Needless to say we are all dragging a little bit today. The instructors include the program director of the Summit and a his counterpart at the...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 18, 2018

I am spending the week with a bunch of my new friends at National Camp School. It's been over 20 years since I've attended NCS. This time I'm in GA at an FFA camp and I'm highly motivated to soak it all in. I've been one of those annoying people that asks lots of questions. So far I've only called...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 13, 2018

Speaking of collections would you believe I am combining my trip to National Camp School in GA with a digging venture? Since I'll already by several hours west of Charlotte when camp school wraps up I'm going to go pick up an estate that has been on a slow simmer for almost a year. I still don't know exactly what's...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 11, 2018

The auctioneer also serves as the camp's program director and he was having some fun pulling more money out of people. If you weren't careful your bid might from from $5 to $20 pretty quick last night. I donated four items that brought a little over $200 when the bidding was finished. The most unusual piece from my collection was...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 09, 2018

The two 1937 WSJ patches below came out of a stamp album according to the seller. Knowing what the market for stamps is I suspect this was a nice surprise for the person who purchased them. You gotta love estate sales. Tomorrow I've got a jam packed Scouting day. First I'll be in Columbia at the IWC Merit Badge University...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 06, 2018

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Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 04, 2018

There are a couple of TORs coming up that I wish I could make. I know I'll have some friends at the Pittsburgh TOR next weekend but alas I have staff interviews and my lodge spring fellowship that I'm already juggling that day. They are bringing back the lodge patch auction so I want to support the cause and I...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 02, 2018

Today I'm picking up the kids early so that we can attend the Pack's spring super trip. This one is a sleepover at Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, SC. I don't quite know what's special about sleeping on the floor in a building at the zoo but I must be getting old. My Cub Scout son is plenty excited. I sold...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 25, 2018

I had a good time at the Eastern VA TOR this weekend in Norfolk. This is a selfie shot with Shaun Woolmer. One of the big reasons I am trying to attend more TORs is to go see the brotherhood of the cloth. There were several other folks I met that read the Hot Finds or I know through Facebook....Read More

Scouting Hot Finds Radio #82: Doing A Good Turn With Andrew Silverstone

Andrew Silverstone could teach us all a thing or two about the Scout Oath and Law. When he heard that some Scouts had lost their patches at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree he sprang into action organizing rescue boxes. Using social media he gathered donations and made sure that these Scouts first experience with trading patches wasn't a disappointment. In...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 23, 2018

There are some great merit badges ending at auction on eBay this weekend. I've got a pretty good collection but I need all these hard ones. This weekend I'll see some of the biggest merit badge collectors in the country in Norfolk. One of the benefits of buying collections is the small stuff you get to keep. Wednesday I got...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 20, 2018

Tomorrow I am driving to Columbia to attend a camping committee meeting. Of course I've lined up two different people to meet with on the way down to do some patch deals. Does that mean I can count this trip as a business expense? This weekend I'm driving to the Eastern Virginia TOR in Norfolk. That will definitely count as...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 18, 2018

The thing I'm looking forward to the most is being able to put my hands on stuff that I now have tucked away in a storage unit. For example when I get questions from people about pins or merit badges or other unique things they are looking for my answer is quite often, yeah I've got some of those somewhere....Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 16, 2018

The last few days I've been going back and forth looking at a new warehouse space that would allow me to get all my inventory under one roof. So far I took my mom out there (she was visiting!) and today I'm taking my wife to see. As we all know that's the most important decision maker in the family....Read More

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