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Confederate H.M.A. Button (Updated w/ Cleaned Photo)
If you saw the post yesterday, my good friend Alan had come to town to dig with us and we had a great time together. Alan decided to stay one more night and hunt with us again today, so we went out to a different site... Since I've been digging with Josh (Sentinel), nearly every hunt we've gone on we've made the comment, "man, I'd love to get an H.M.A. button today." Today was that day. It's bittersweet because I know how badly the both of us have wanted to dig one, and part of me wishes it was him that had dug it. ![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
We continued to search the area in hopes that another was nearby. We came up with several more buttons, but unfortunately no more H.M.A.'s... This is a Confederate button and was only made in the vest size (17.2mm).. This button has a lot of remaining gilt that can be seen when holding it, but is difficult to see in the pictures. The cleaning process will be a slow one, if I decide that's the route to take. HH Jeff
Here is some info on the button and the academy
"Button depicts a building with "HMA", this is believed to be Hampton Military Academy, a very small cadet school operating before the Civil War, in a single building which burned in 1861. Two part convex button, school coat or vest size. Albert SU163, TiceVAS273
Today's buttons
Hampton Military Academy vest button (backmark "Extra Rich")
1820's US Army 1-piece button (backmark "United States")
1820's Eagle Artillery 1-piece button (backmark "United States")
1830's 2-piece Eagle Artillery button (backmark "SCOVILLS WATERBURY")
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After Cleaning (This pic doesn't seem to do the button justice, but it has a very nice gold shadow)
If you saw the post yesterday, my good friend Alan had come to town to dig with us and we had a great time together. Alan decided to stay one more night and hunt with us again today, so we went out to a different site... Since I've been digging with Josh (Sentinel), nearly every hunt we've gone on we've made the comment, "man, I'd love to get an H.M.A. button today." Today was that day. It's bittersweet because I know how badly the both of us have wanted to dig one, and part of me wishes it was him that had dug it. We continued to search the area in hopes that another was nearby. We came up with several more buttons, but unfortunately no more H.M.A.'s... This is a Confederate button and was only made in the vest size (17.2mm).. This button has a lot of remaining gilt that can be seen when holding it, but is difficult to see in the pictures. The cleaning process will be a slow one, if I decide that's the route to take. HH JeffHere is some info on the button and the academy
"Button depicts a building with "HMA", this is believed to be Hampton Military Academy, a very small cadet school operating before the Civil War, in a single building which burned in 1861. Two part convex button, school coat or vest size. Albert SU163, TiceVAS273
Today's buttons
Hampton Military Academy vest button (backmark "Extra Rich")
1820's US Army 1-piece button (backmark "United States")
1820's Eagle Artillery 1-piece button (backmark "United States")
1830's 2-piece Eagle Artillery button (backmark "SCOVILLS WATERBURY")
Group
After Cleaning (This pic doesn't seem to do the button justice, but it has a very nice gold shadow)
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. It does look in good condition, too bad Sentinel didn't get one as you say.Better luck next time Sentinel 
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Congrats J -team , N i C E
