Outstanding Collector

SL-2(Corresponding badge for under 14Yrs 6months – JL-2- Junior Collector)

Objective: - Demonstrate the interest in collecting specific items as a collector

1. The Scout should over a period of at least 6 months through his own effort collect 50 different kinds of any one of the following items, mount them or assemble them in a neat and a logical manner and label them. (e.g. coins, head gear grains, seeds, shells, different kinds of wood, stones clothing material, etc.) Any other items may be approved by the examiner, provided that it is intelligently categorized and the Scout has a fairly good knowledge on the specimens. The examiner may also use his discretion as to the number of items collected, according to the Scouts environment and back ground.

2. He should be able to recognize any specimen the examiner may select from his collection and give a short talk on it.

3. By explaining the source of each specimen he should be able to convince the examiner that the collection was his own effort.