Scouting Hot Finds Radio #81: Scott Wheeler 2017 Jamboree Checklist

 Scott Wheeler is a Boy Scout memorabilia collector who has a collection with over 100,000 unique items. The only way he can keep track of all these items is by creating checklists. That has led him to create the best 2017 National Jamboree checklist of council issued items. By Scott's estimation there are around 2000 items issued for this...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 24, 2017

I'm taking a page out of everyone's book and running a 1-day sale on my store at ScoutPatchHQ.com. This sale works using a coupon code that you enter at checkout. Type in BF2017 to get 10% off your entire order and as always FREE SHIPPING on all domestic orders from my store. While in St. Louis I spotted a set...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 21, 2017

One of the reasons for the trip was to take Best Hobby Pages on the road to a TOR where it has never been before. I had the complete inventory and had several collectors take home plastic. I was also able to sell almost 50 riker cases that I brought to move so the patch bus was just a little...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 17, 2017

At this TOR I am really focusing my sales on 3D items and dollar tubs. I have some decent OA pieces with me but much of what I brought was items from the recent Midwest collection I purchased that I hope will be going home. I'll include pictures in this Sunday's issue. Except for NOACs I've never attended a TOR...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 14, 2017

Loyal readers will note that Sunday I missed publishing an issue of the newsletter. That is very rare indeed however in this case I was taking my mother back to SC and was gone most of the day. Family comes first! This week I should be on target even with leaving early for the St. Louis TOR. I'll be riding...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 10, 2017

This is what your sorting table can look like when you are doing the "rough sort" of boxes of Boy Scout stuff. This is some new stuff I'm selling for a collector and it came in boxes. My job yesterday was to sort out the OA, camp patches, shoulder strips etc into different containers. From there I can alphabetize things...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 7, 2017

I took my den over the Boy Scout meeting last night to check out their Cast Iron Chef competition. It's essentially a patrol cooking contest that includes themed menus and secret ingredients. It was held under the shelter at the Scout hut. I saw Scottish shepard's pie being made alongside Greek kabobs and Mexican cornbread. Sadly we had to leave...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 3, 2017

I had two dealers reach out to me yesterday on Facebook asking what's my secret. Since I tend to share a lot with the Hot Finds audience I'll spill the beans. My store at ScoutPatchHQ.com is built on the Shopify platform. This week Shopify announced an integration with eBay so that I can cross list all my products and have...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 31, 2017

As soon as this issue is published I'll start scanning and working on listing the first batch of items from the collection I brought home last week. This is the last day of the month so I've got some free auctions on eBay to burn. This weekend I'm going to spend several hours Saturday at Camp Barstow touring the camp...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 29, 2017

After taking a hot shower and getting the camping gear it's time for me to unpack the Uhaul that came back from the Midwest. It sat in my driveway all weekend because I haven't had a minute to spare since getting off the road Thursday late. My unpacking job won't be so daunting this afternoon because I labeled each box...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 27, 2017

Folks in the hobby were saddened yesterday to learn that Nick Loesch's battle with cancer has taken a turn. If you've spent much time going to TORs you will surely have met Nick and I'm sure tens of thousands of have bought items from him on eBay under his handle firstcalltx. I interviewed Nick this year about his memories in...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 24, 2017

The warehouse project has gone really well but sadly I will not cross the finish line before my big trip today. The last part is building a thin set of free standing shelves to go down the middle of the unit and we got about 1/2 through with that today before quitting time. Oh well it will be waiting on...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 22, 2017

This year we are adding a silent auction to the schedule. I know this is a favorite activity for many at shows and it's something that can help raise more money for the Pack. The other cool side is we have 75+ years of Scouting history at the church. I'm sure we can get some of the old timers to...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 20, 2017

The house we are living in now only has a 1 car garage and this shelving system that is 5x8 pretty much consumed it. So yesterday we disassembled these shelves and moved them to the new space. We are going to reconfigure these shelves to make them fit the space (pictures coming maybe next week). The goal being that the...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 17, 2017

  Today my big project is building storage shelves at my new 10x25 storage unit in a climate controlled warehouse. I'm going to document the process and eventually publish a short video sharing the project. I don't know how many of you need to have that much storage space for your Scouting collectibles but it's big project for me. The...Read More

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