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Scouting Hot Finds Boy Scout Memorabilia

A show built for anyone interested in Boy Scout memorabilia. The show features interviews with knowledgeable collectors in the hobby. Show topics include selling on eBay, resources for the hobby, interesting websites and people doing new things to promote the hobby of collecting Scouting memorabilia. My website is at http://www.scoutpatchcollectors.com.

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#108 How To Identify and Sort Your Boy Scout Rank Patches from 2023-02-07T21:33:38

Have you ever looked at your Boy Scout collection and struggled to figure out what the small differences among common rank and position patches mean? In this episode of the show we go into a deep d...

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#107 Building A Traveling Scout Museum from 2023-01-25T17:06:57

This episode is packed with knowledge and an awesome unboxing. Ryan Losonsky returns for the final installment in my interview with him. This time we are talking about nuts and bolts….literally! Ry...

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#106 Traveling Boy Scout History Displays from 2022-12-08T17:28:05

In this episode you will see how Ryan Losonsky has developed his model for a traveling Boy Scout history display that is adaptable to the audience. He also shares ideas for how you can get invited ...

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#105 Sourcing Uniforms For Steven Spielberg's Movie The Fabelmans from 2022-12-07T23:59:31

OK spoiler alert! Today I'm telling the whole story of how I came to work with a Hollywood Costumer named Danielle to help outfit the actors in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans. I took my family to...

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#103 Russell Smart Eagle Scout Display from 2022-11-10T13:53:47

In this episode of the show I am back with some great content. The highlight is an interview with Russell Smart at the Charlotte Trade-O-Ree. He came to the event with an amazing display of Scoutin...

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#102 Patch Trading @ 2023 National Scout Jamboree from 2022-10-07T12:40:18

Patch Trading at the Jamboree! Listen in to Scouting Hot Finds Live to get the story on visitors and patch trading at the Jamboree from Tico Perez. This episode includes a new giveaway (and the l...

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#101 Adult Participation Opportunities for the 2023 National Scout Jamboree from 2022-09-29T17:53:38

In this episode of the show you can here more from the 2023 National Jamboree Chairman Tico Perez. In this segment Tico discusses innovative ways the BSA has thrown out the old rule book about how...

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#100 2023 National Scout Jamboree with Tico Perez from 2022-09-22T17:16:19

If you are a Scouting memorabilia collector this is the show for you! This is the first episode of my new weekly show Scouting Hot Finds Live. You will not want to miss everything I have packed in...

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#99 2022 Pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree With Chris Jensen from 2022-05-18T17:33:49

Chris Jensen is once again hosting the Pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree and in this interview he shares all the details of the event coming up July 23-25 in Knoxville, TN. The TOR runs Saturday - Monday which...

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#98 Camp Book V2021 With Bob Sherman from 2021-06-01T21:45:22

Version III of the Camp Book II has been published and my guest is Bob Sherman who is the lead author on the project along with Dave Minnihan and Kevin Doyle. This latest version now tops out at 1...

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#97 The History of Cataloging Order of the Arrow Patches with Bill Mulrenin from 2021-05-18T14:21:53

Order of the Arrow cataloging going back 50 years is the topic of this month’s Scouting Hot Finds Insiders Round Table. Bill Mulrenin served as the New York State Editor on the Blue Book project fo...

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#96 Creating Scouting Memorabilia Collecting Guides With Wiatt Williamson from 2021-04-06T00:15:58

Wiatt Williamson has cracked the code on how to write a Scouting memorabilia guide book. In his years in the hobby he has written over a dozen guides for Order of the Arrow lodges, councils and c...

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#95 Dating And Identifying Boy Scout Memorabilia With Mitch Reis from 2021-03-22T17:59:23

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 me...

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#94 Clothtalk The Original Scout Memorabilia Podcast With Chris Brightwell from 2021-03-08T13:53:34

Perhaps the first podcast I ever listened to back in 2006 was an ambitious project that was launched by some guys out of Coosa Lodge 50 in Alabama. Clothtalk was their idea for an audio podcast th...

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#93 NY State OA Trader Bill Mulrenin from 2021-02-22T13:35:51

For about 15 years Bill Mulrenin has been a constant on the Internet for the Boy Scout memorabilia collecting hobby. His website at www.NYOATRADE...

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#92 Refurbishing Vintage BSA Knives and Axes With Bill Chadek from 2021-02-08T14:38:05

A decade ago Bill Chadek took a gamble on a Boy Scout pocket knife.  He cleaned up a beat up old knife and brought it back to life with elbow grease, sandpaper, and lots of polishing.  This was the...

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#91 Collecting Early OA Odd Shapes With Russell Smart from 2021-01-26T15:42:19

For several decades Russell Smart was on a mission. He came up with a simple enough goal. Can I get the first patch issued by the oldest lodge in every state? That rabbit hole of collecting led ...

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#90 Spirit of Jamboree with Doug Schwab from 2021-01-11T13:52:48

At the 2019 World Scout Jamboree held in the United States Doug Schwab helped to staff the Spirit of Jamboree Museum. In this interview we talk about his experience and the book he published that ...

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#89 Roots: Looking Ahead To Building A Consistent Boy Scout Memorabilia Podcast from 2021-01-04T16:39:27

The first episode of the Scouting Hot Finds Radio in almost a year should be the launching pad for a real rebirth of the podcast. I know I am guilty of saying that a few times over the last couple...

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#88 Boy Scout History Museums With Rick Stewart from 2020-01-27T00:50:05

Rick Stewart has been writing a quarterly article for the ISCA Journal on the topic of Scouting museums going on four years now. During a 20+ career as a professional Scouter and more as a volunt...

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#87 History of Boy Scout Merit Badge Pamphlets With John Smilek from 2019-02-05T13:38:31

John Smilek says this will be the year. On the 100th anniversary of the first Boy Scouts of America merit badge pamphlet being published he and other collaborators will publish a full reference gu...

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#86 Patchvault.org Interview With John Athayde from 2019-01-21T20:02:57

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 colle...

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#85: Scouting History Data Crunching With Mike Clinch from 2019-01-08T14:49:02

http://www.scoutpatchcollectors.com Mike Clinch is a great example of a Scouter and collector who is willing to invest hundreds of ...

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#84: Teaching Scouting Heritage&Collections Merit Badge With Stuart Tucker from 2018-12-17T18:05:16

Scouting collectors who have spent time learning about Scouting history have an obvious way to give back to the program. Collections merit badge allows a Scout to take a patch collection and with ...

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#83: National Scouting Historian Summit with Topkis and Morley from 2018-12-03T17:00

The National Scouting Historian Summit will take place June 9-15, 2019 at the Philmont Training Center.  This week long course will teach over 100 Scouts and Scouters the rules, tools and strategie...

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#82: Doing A Good Turn With Andrew Silverstone from 2018-03-15T05:00

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 o...

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#81: Scott Wheeler 2017 National Jamboree Checklist from 2017-11-28T23:00

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 h...

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#80: Patch Trading Tips For The 2017 National Jamboree with Nick Wolf from 2017-04-06T05:00

Nick Wolf, the Patch King, has a Top 10 list just for folks headed to the Jamboree.  As a veteran trader of several Jambos now Nick has come up with ten important tips he shares with the listeners....

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#79: Why Collect Boy Scout Patches from 2017-03-23T01:00

In getting ready to host a Boy Scout memorabilia show (we like to call them Trade-O-Rees) I was asked by the troop committee chairman to come give a patch trading class to the Scouts of Troop 33.  ...

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#78: Girl Scout Memorabilia Collecting with Becky Byrns from 2017-02-17T17:00

Becky Byrns was the first collector to host a national Girl Scout collectors show back in the 1990s.  Now with 15 shows under her belt and another coming up in a few weeks she is my guest on Scouti...

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#77: Patch Trading Blanket with Nick Wolf from 2017-02-09T17:00

Today on the podcast I welcome Nick Wolf who many of you know as the "Patch King".  After using some customized patch trading blankets at the 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference Nick set ab...

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#76: 2017 National Boy Scout Jamboree with Program Chair Russell Smart from 2017-02-02T02:00

Join me as Russell Smart shares details on this summer's Boy Scout National Jamboree. As the Program Chairman he has spent many hours planning since the 2013 National Jamboree to iron out the wrink...

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#75: eBay Powerseller Nick Loesch - firstcalltx from 2017-01-12T02:00

Listen in to hear the wisdom of Uncle Nick.  My interview with Nick Loesch will trace his history in the hobby and get his impressions on how it's changed over the years.  Nick attened the 1964 Jam...

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#74: eBay Selling Fees from 2017-01-05T02:00

Everyone interested in selling on eBay needs to pay attention to the fees that are going to take a hard bit out of your bottom line.  In today's episode of Scouting Hot Finds Radio we are taking a ...

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#73: eBay Spring Seller Update For Collectibles from 2015-03-27T17:00

The collectibles category lives on eBay.  Amazon? Forget about it!  Try doing it yourself with your own website?  Good luck!  So when eBay updates their fees and policies twice a year buyers and es...

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#72: Boy Scout Council Hits The Trade-O-Ree Circuit and eBay! from 2015-01-23T16:30

I met Mary Lou Schwarzer at the recent Easley, South Carolina Trade-O-Ree sponsored by Chris Jensen.  What makes his encounter interesting is that she drove down from the Blue Ridge Mountains Counc...

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#71: Patch Trading at the 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference from 2015-01-08T20:00

I decided to record this episode of the podcast when I got a message from a Facebook friend.  Krishna Palani asked, "Can you please offer me some resources and tips for trading patches at NOAC? I'm...

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#70: Social Media Selling Strategy With Nick Wolf from 2014-12-11T18:30

The last several episodes of Scouting Hot Finds Radio have focused on unique strategies that people in the hobby of collecting Boy Scout memorabilia have used to feed their habit. Today's episode o...

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#69: Going Hunting For Rare Books&Memorabilia w/Richard Mori from 2014-11-07T16:30

Richard Mori has been collecting Scouting memorabilia and specializing in rare books for many years.  In this interview he reveals a strategy for success that he feels confident nobody can duplicat...

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#68: Antique Mall Selling Strategy for Scout Memorabilia With Todd Kelly from 2014-10-09T18:30

When the Boy Scouts of America announced they would be building a permanent Jamboree site in the hills of West Virginia Todd Kelly started making some trips to the "Mountain State" to scope out loc...

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#67: Selling Consignment on eBay Interview W/ Powerseller Angi Diller from 2014-09-26T01:00

Her eBay user ID was a perfect choice several years ago - my_real_job_is_tattoos.  Ironically as her eBay business grew she was able to leave behind that "real job" and make a full time living as a...

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#66: 2015 National OA Conference NOAC Trade-O-Ree w/ Chris Jensen from 2014-09-05T03:00

Chris Jensen of Streamwood Inc. has been in the Boy Scout memorabilia hobby since the 1960s and as a full-time memorabilia dealer he has hosted more than forty trade-o-rees including ones for the N...

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#65: Collecting Boy Scout Camp Patches With Bob Sherman CBIIV2 (2014) from 2014-08-08T08:00

My guest is Bob Sherman who is a well known figure in the hobby of collecting Boy Scout memorabilia.  Some have taken to calling him the "camp patch man" as he has been writing the camp patch colum...

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#64: Building A BSA Council Memorabilia Website w/ Boyd Williams from 2014-08-01T01:00

When Boyd Williams attended the 1981 National Boy Scout Jamboree and traded a few patches he probably never thought he'd eventually become one of the well-known collectors in Tennessee.  However, a...

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#63: Collecting BSA Cancer Awareness Patches from 2014-06-27T05:02:41

Justin Carlisle began collecting Boy Scout cancer awareness patches about the time that his Order of the Arrow chapter issued a patch to help raise funds for the local chapter of the Susan G. Komen...

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#62: Scouting History on Wheels with John Sorensen of GSLC in Utah from 2014-05-29T18:00

During the centennial of the Boy Scouts of America in 2010 John Soresen got the idea to create a traveling display that he calls Scouting History on Wheels.  In my interview with him today John sha...

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#61: 5,000 Members&Climbing in Scout Patch Collectors Pt. 2 from 2014-05-18T12:44:41

In the conclusion of my interview with Brad England the coufounder of the Scout Patch Collectors Facebook Group we reflect back on how the group has impacted the hobby.  Brad and I also talk about ...

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#60: 5,000 Members&Climbing in Scout Patch Collectors from 2014-05-09T12:00

Brad England and I literally launched the Scout Patch Collectors Facebook as a direct result of this radio show two years ago.  I noticed Brad swapping Boy Scout patches on Facebook and lined him u...

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#59: Scout Patch Collectors Base Camp from 2014-03-06T18:30

For more than a decade the Scout Patch Collectors Base Camp has been the goto reference directory for those interested in Scouting memorabilia.  Glenn Chase is my guest tonight and I consider him t...

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#58: Order of the Arrow Belt Buckles with Matt Delk from 2014-02-20T04:00

Matt Delk has been collecting Scouting memorabilia just about his whole life. One of the most unique collections he has is Order of the Arrow belt buckles. This is a very niche collection and he ...

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#57: Boy Scout Council Memorabilia Display from 2014-02-06T02:00

When Gary Beadle looked up at the tall pine paneled wall of the Gulf Coast Council BSA Scout office he had an inspiration.  Why not decorate the beautiful wall with a true council collection of mem...

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#56: Collecting Roadblock - the BSA's Project S.O.A.R. from 2014-01-23T02:00

Ted Thompson was like many Boy Scout memorabilia collectors when he ran up against a collecting roadblock about five years ago.  His main interest was council shoulder strips but when he got down t...

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#55: Looking Back and Ahead - Wrapping up 2013 from 2014-01-03T18:00

Boy Scout memorabilia collectors in this episode of Scouting Hot Finds Radio I wrap up 2013 and look to new projects in 2014.  Over the course of the year there have been 18 episodes of the show pu...

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#54: Order of the Arrow Blue Book 2.0 With Roy More from 2013-11-21T02:30

The effort to catalog and describe all known Order of the Arrow issues has been ongoing since the 1950s.  Many old collectors will remember the Bill Price books that had a picture of each flap and ...

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#53: Part II American Overseas Scouting from 2013-10-10T06:00

In the conclusion of my interview with Dan Coberly regarding American Scouting overseas we talk about what BSA Scouting has looked like in the War on Terrorism.  Dan discusses how Scouting has popp...

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#52: American Scouting Overseas with Dan Coberly from 2013-10-03T02:30

Growing up on an Air Force Base in rural South Carolina I knew all about the Transatlantic Council and even had some members of my troop that had been in the Far East Council.  So when I got in tou...

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#51: 2013 National Jamboree Patch Report from 2013-09-12T01:00

While patch trading wasn't the only thing happening at the 2013 National Boy Scout Jamboree it was just as popular as ever with the Scouts, Scouters, and visitors.  On tonights episode I'm going to...

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#50: Boy Scout Collectibles Alternatives from 2013-08-29T01:00

For the better part of a year I've been tweaking my own online strategy for selling Boy Scout memorabilia.  From closing my eBay store and Prostore in 2012 to reversing some of those decisions in t...

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#49: Wheels Up On 2013 National Jamboree from 2013-07-11T01:00

Tens of thousands of Boy Scout youth and adult members are packing their bags and heading out for the 2013 National Boy Scout Jamboree this week.  You can count me among the crowd that is going to ...

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#48: Patchtrends.com Is Go For Launch! from 2013-06-13T03:30

Join me for the launch of a new and invaluable resource for the Boy Scout meorabilia collecting community.  Brett Estrade and I are formally launching Listen

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#47: Philmont Boy Scout Ranch Memorabilia from 2013-05-24T17:00

Mike McAdams with help from Chip Elliott has just published Philmont Millennium 1 Second Edition which can be found at http://www.philmontm1.com Listen

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#46: Y2K TOR and the Scouting Collectors Society from 2013-05-09T01:00

Tonight you will hear the conclusion of my interview with Deryl Radder who was the founder of the Scouting Collectors Society.  At one time this Yahoo club was the largest Scouting gathering of Sco...

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#45: Scouting Collectors Society from 2013-04-25T01:00

Way back before there was the Scout Patch Collectors Facebook Group there was a time Yahoo was doing some really cool things with groups.  From 1999 - 2006 the largest place for Scouters to meet up...

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#44: A New Recipe for Boy Scout TORs from 2013-04-11T01:00

Boy Scout collectors that have been in the hobby a long time know the Trade-O-Ree scene pretty well.  Your typical show is long on grey haired attendees and short on walk in traffic.  But there is ...

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#43: Patch Trading at the 2013 National Jamboree from 2013-03-28T01:00

This is the show that all Boy Scout memorabilia collectors have been waiting for.  At the 2013 National Boy Scout Jamboree patch trading will be an official scheduled activity for the first time ev...

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#42: Gearing Up For the 2013 National Jamboree from 2013-03-21T01:00

What's the plan for this summer's big 2013 National Boy Scout Jamboree?  The Volunteer Program Group Chairman Russell Smart is my guest tonight and he'll take us inside the game plan for the Jambor...

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#41: 2013 National Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia from 2013-03-14T01:00

If you are on a contingent, signed up for staff, or just heading up as a visitor to the 2013 National Boy Scout Jamboree being held this summer at the Boy Scout's new Summit Bechtel Reserve propert...

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#40: The Future of the BSA? Michigan Mega Merger from 2013-03-07T02:00

Roy More of TSPA was in the middle of last year's ground shaking merger in Michigan that wiped out councils and may change the BSA playbook forever.  As Roy says in tonights show, some of this "sca...

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#39: How's the Patch Biz Chris Jensen? from 2013-02-07T02:00

As a Scouting memorabilia dealer for over three decades Chris Jensen has seen a lot of the changes in the hobby.  He was one of the first big sellers of Boy Scout memorabilia when eBay launched and...

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#38: The Chief Bottle Washer - Chris Jensen from 2013-01-24T02:00

Back in the 1990s I was a college student who looked forward to the quarterly newspaper catalog of Boy Scout memorabilia that would show up in my university P.O. Box.  My guest tonight on Scouting ...

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#37: How To Raise A New Generation of Collectors from 2013-01-10T02:00

Tonight's show is dedicated to a question that all hobbies face whether it be model train railroaders or in our case Boy Scout memorabilia collectors - how do you bring new people especially youth ...

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#36: Mt. Hope, WV Welcomes the 2013 National Jamboree from 2012-12-06T02:00

On the show we have several guests who are on live to talk about the 2013 National Scout Jamboree Trade-O-Ree to be held in Mt. Hope, West Virginia just a few miles from the gates to the Summit Bec...

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#35: Collecting Eagle Scout Pins from 2012-11-22T02:00

My guest tonight on Scouting Hot Finds Radio is Brian Ives of http://www.EagleScoutPins.com.  Brian is also known as eBay seller Discover6...

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#34: 2013 National Jamboree Patch Protest w/Spencer from 2012-11-08T02:00

Straight from the pages of Scouting Magazine!  Will Scouts be able to continue the legacy of swapping patches at the Summit? See what your Scouts can expect when it comes to patch trading at the 20...

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#33: 2013 National Jamboree @ The Summit Trade-O-Ree from 2012-10-18T01:00

In the summer of 2013 when 50,000 Scouts and Scouters get together for the first National Jamboree to be held at the Summit Bechtel Reserve you know there is going to be some trading going on.  My ...

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#32: Falling Back Into the Swing Of Things from 2012-10-04T01:00

Welcome back listeners!  After a nice break following the 2012 National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) I am ready to launch the fall schedule of Scouting Hot Finds Radio.  These shows are ded...

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#31: 2012 NOAC Patch Trading Report from 2012-08-09T01:00

Boy Scout patch collectors the National Order of the Arrow Conference just wrapped up at Michigan State University and now everyone is home recovering from a lack of sleep and sorting their patches...

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#30: The Camp Book II by Sherman, Minnihan&Doyle from 2012-07-19T01:00

After nearly twenty years of research and a thousands of hours of work by an army of state editors tonight its here - The Camp Book II.  This is the definitive guide to collecting Boy Scout camps w...

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#29: Buying Boy Scout Memorabilia On The Internet from 2012-06-14T01:00

Over the last few episodes we've talked a lot about selling Scouting memorabilia on the Internet.  From Facebook Stores to eBay fees that topic has been covered in depth.  One of the interesting pi...

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#28: eBay Alternatives from 2012-05-30T17:00

Join me for a discussion about how to buy and sell Boy Scout memorabilia online bypassing the juggernaut online marketplace - eBay.  I'll be sharing my story of opening an off-eBay store over 5 yea...

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#27: How To Sell Your Boy Scout Patches from 2012-05-24T01:00

In this episode of Scouting Hot Finds I'm going to tackle two big questions that a lot of people have when dealing with Boy Scout memorabilia.  The first is how to get started whether through an es...

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#26: Why Go To A Trade-O-Ree? from 2012-05-17T01:00

Tonight its a rare show where I'm going to be live on the mike and looking for your phone calls.  My topic is the Trade-O-Ree. I just got home from a neat local show and I want to share some of my ...

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#25: How To Become A Patch Tycoon from 2012-05-10T01:00

Join me as my guest Mark James of Double Eagle Trading tells the story of how he took his hobby of patch trading and knowledge of building website and married them together to build one of the best...

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#24: 100 Years of Eagle Scout Patches from 2012-04-26T01:00

The first Eagle Scout was awarded in 1912.  This year the BSA is celebrating the centennial of the Eagle Scout award and my guest tonight is the recognized expert on the memorabilia issued for the ...

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#23: Arapaho History Through Insignia from 2012-04-05T01:00

If you have been collecting Boy Scout memorabilia for some time then the names Arapahoe and its principal author Albertus Hoogeveen will be familiar names.  Today in collecting circles we talk abou...

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#22: Live With The First Lady of Cloth from 2012-03-22T01:00

Brad England and Debbie Hite join me for a rare totally live episode of Scouting Hot Finds Radio.  We are doing this one with no mulligans and looking forward to some audience participation in the ...

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#21: The Way Back Machine from 2012-03-15T01:00

Tonight I am talking with Bob Hannah who has fifty years of experience collecting and trading Boy Scout memorabilia.  He and his wife also run their own Scouting museum right out of their home.  On...

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#20: Scout Patch Collectors on Facebook from 2012-03-01T02:00

Tonight we conclude the interview with Brad England who has perfected a strategy for trading Boy Scout patches on Facebook with people all over the world.  In this episode Brad explains exactly who...

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#19: Facebook For Patch Collectors from 2012-02-23T02:00

I knew I was on to something when I saw tonight's guest trading like a mad man using simple Facebook tools.  Brad England has perfected a patch trading strategy that we are sharing on today's show....

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#18: Order of the Arrow Blue Book 2.0 from 2012-02-15T18:00

Boy Scout collectors will want to tune in to hear the conclusion of my interview with Roy More of the Scout Patch Auction talking about the long awaited revision of the OA reference guide known as ...

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#17: Blue Book 2.0 Update with Roy More from 2012-02-08T18:00

Order of the Arrow collectors have been asking for some time now - "what's up with the Blue Book?"  Well today on the show we have the answer.  Roy More of the Scout Patch Auction now holds the rig...

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#16: Patch Trading at the 2013 Jamboree from 2012-01-26T02:00

Join me for some big announcements regarding Boy Scout patch trading at the 2012 National Order of the Arrow  Conference (NOAC) and the 2013 Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree.  I've known abo...

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#15: What's In Your Patchlodge? from 2012-01-19T02:00

Tonight I'm happy to welcome Brett Estrade webmaster of Patchlodge.com to the virtual guest chair.  Brett is an avid collector and former Lodge Chief of Chilantakoba 397 who has used his skills as ...

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#14: Live With John Pannell from 2012-01-12T02:00

On the show today I wrap up my three part conversation with John Pannell webmaster of OAimages.com.  We are looking for some action on the phone line as John is coming on live to take listener ques...

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#13: Getting Under The Hood of OAimages from 2012-01-05T02:00

Join me as I continue my interview with John Pannell of OAimages.com.  As the webmaster of easily the most visited website in the Boy Scout memorabilia collecting hobby - John opens up about how he...

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#12: John Pannell of OAimages.com from 2011-12-29T02:00

Here is the interview you have been waiting for Boy Scout patch collectors.  I've got John Pannell of OAimages.com in the virtual guest seat for this show.  John is going to share with us the story...

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#11: Publishing With The Big Rock II from 2011-12-22T02:00

In this episode I conclude my interview with Todd Kelly of Big Rock Publishing.  Todd goes on to talk about classic Scout fiction of the teens - 1930s including some of his favorite titles.  Boy Sc...

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#10: Publishing With The Big Rock from 2011-12-15T02:00

Tonight my guest on the show is Todd Kelly who runs an online publishing business that has many Scouting titles in its inventory.  Todd's passion for collecting Scouting memorabilia is old handbook...

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#9: Talking With The President from 2011-12-08T02:00

Join me for a show dedicated to history of the Scouting Memorabilia hobby.  My guest is Craig Leighty the President of the International Scouting Collectors Association (ISCA).  Craig will share th...

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#8: Talking PowWows&Patches Part 2 from 2011-12-01T02:00

Join me live Wednesday night as I have the conclusion of my interview with Paul Gowder the webmaster of PowWows.com.  In this episode Paul and I take a trip down memory lane and tell some stories o...

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#7: Talking PowWows&Patches from 2011-11-24T02:00

I've got Paul Gowder on this week's show.  Paul is the webmaster of PowWows.com - an incredible web community of Native Americans that numbers 100,000+ strong.  In this show we will talk about how ...

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#6: Segregated Scouting Part 2 from 2011-11-17T02:00

Join me for Part 2 of my interview with Jason Shull on segregated Scouting and specifically the memorabilia that was issued for segregated camps. In this show Jason will hit on some intersting topi...

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#5: Segregated Scouting Part 1 from 2011-11-10T02:00

Join us for the first episode of Scouting Hot Finds Radio.  Our guest is Jason Shull who is a well known collector that has an interesting specialty.  Jason began collecting segregated Scout camp m...

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#4: Scouting Hot Finds - Tuesday, November 1 from 2011-11-01T17:30

This episode of the Scouting Hot Finds Podcast check in to see what are some of the most interesting auctions on eBay in the Boy Scout category.  First up we look at an Explorer Silver Award medal ...

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#3: Scouting Hot Finds - Sunday, October 30th from 2011-10-30T17:30

Join the santeeswapper for a discussion of the best live auctions on eBay.  In this episode we are taking a closer look at a nice 1930s era Boy Scout lot that includes an Eagle medal, sash, and mor...

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#2: Scouting Hot Finds - Friday, October 28th from 2011-10-28T17:30

Today on the Scouting Hot Finds Podcast we take a look at the Top 10 Video series that I am starting up on the blog at ScoutingHotFinds.com.  These youtube videos are short reports on the Boy Scout...

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#1: Scouting Hot Finds - Tuesday, October 25th from 2011-10-25T17:30

In this inaugural episode of the Scouting Hot Finds Podcast we will find out what are the best live auctions in the Boy Scout category of eBay.  Featured auctions include an incredible listing that...

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