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Hillsborough Military Academy Button

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dblue

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Me and my nephew went to an old Confederate camp a couple days ago and he dug this HMA button. He was afraid to try and clean it as it didn't look too good when he dug it, but, years ago, I came up with a method for cleaning buttons that has worked really well for me. I cleaned the button for him, and it turned out really Awesome....:) Here's a before and after.......
 

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7centsworth said:
Wow what a nice button. How did you clean it?
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It is a very nice button, I'm really happy with the way it cleaned up. I learned a long time ago that a nice valuable dug button can easily be de-valued really quick by improper cleaning. There's lots of methods that I have heard of people using, some simple and some not so simple. I'm no metallurgist by any means but I have experimented over the years with different methods with lesser valued dug buttons to come up with the method that I have been using for years now. I also have learned to never give advice to someone on how to clean a valuable button because if it doesn't turn out to their expectations it then becomes my fault....:)
 
Congrat's to your nephew on the save of that beautiful Confetrit' button, and Congrat's to you on the cleaning and preservation of the button. This button really cleaned up nicely and the detail is beautiful. Well Done. Is the backmark on the button as nice as the buttons front?
 
Confetrit said:
Congrat's to your nephew on the save of that beautiful Confetrit' button, and Congrat's to you on the cleaning and preservation of the button. This button really cleaned up nicely and the detail is beautiful. Well Done. Is the backmark on the button as nice as the buttons front?
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The back is solid and intact but not as nice as the front, with close inspection can see Schuyler H&G N. York backmark.....
 

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dblue said:
It is a very nice button, I'm really happy with the way it cleaned up. I learned a long time ago that a nice valuable dug button can easily be de-valued really quick by improper cleaning. There's lots of methods that I have heard of people using, some simple and some not so simple. I'm no metallurgist by any means but I have experimented over the years with different methods with lesser valued dug buttons to come up with the method that I have been using for years now. I also have learned to never give advice to someone on how to clean a valuable button because if it doesn't turn out to their expectations it then becomes my fault....:)
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Some insight to your method would be nice dblue. Grinding stone, man made chemicals, or some Mother Nature juice? Button sure does look purty.
 
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