This issue of the Scouting Hot Finds features lots of nice but reasonably priced insignia patches including ranks, position patches and more.  You can find everything from a veteran patch to Air Explorer wings.  All of these auctions have a very narrow window of 36 hours before they close so be sure and click on them now while they are attracting bids like bees to honey.    

There are some really neat items in here that I just have to brag on. The really old Scout hat is probably one of the older ones that I've had in the newsletter in a long time.  My favorite auction has to be the pair of Official BSA Hiking Boots.  They weigh 4 pounds but they look tough enough to go to war in.  The vintage Cub Scout lot has some surprises as you'll see when you check it out.

There is only one problem with the Section 7 OA patch below.  It was meant to demonstrate that currently that section is split between an "A" in VA and the "B" in North Carolina.  However, there are 4 lodges in the Tarheel state that aren't in Section 7 at all.  Oh well!  Hey so the seller of the ribbon pin has it down as the 85th anniversary but certainly that is the 75th from 1990 - the turtle is the dead giveaway.

 

  

• Scouting Hot Finds Top 10 Video - Episode 4 
• Boy Scout Pins Sticking It With Bids 
• Scouting Hot Finds Radio - Segregated Scouting Part 2 
• Boy Scout Handbooks and Great Paper Collectibles 

I was able to keep this last block very vintage in flavor.  Ok the Azerbaijan contingent patch doesn't fit that description but hey its selling for over $80 so I had to put it somewhere.  So far I think the steal in the group is the combination scribe/1st Class badge.  While I know that is one of the more common varieties its still less than $40 as I write this post.

Jason Spangler
Santeeswapper LLC