Complete and Rare Confederate Sword Bayonet Found in Local Construction Site

[dr_pangloss]

I found this yesterday when walking an open construction site in my neighborhood in North Carolina. I have been unable to find one exactly like it online or in books.

It looks like a Fayetteville Sabre Bayonet, I only see one with a post like this that inserts into the rifle, but the guard is different. Solid brass handle, blade is pretty strong, a bit over 21 inches.

Any information would be great about the item or how to restore it. Could I send it to someone to straighten it? It's bent pretty bad. I have an electrolysis vat, the blade seems strong, but some people have recommended a microblaster.

Can anyone help me understand the rarity of the item, if it is historically significant, I would hand it over to a museum, but online I see many sabre bayonets in good condition, much less dug and hit with a plow. It has no markings visible.

 

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[Kray Gelder]

Cool find!

 

[Hawks88]

Nice bayonet find. Congrats sorry can’t help with the ID.

 

[buck8point]

Just the Handle alone is amazing. The Stippling Pattern resembles Fish Scales, wonder if it might be CSA Navy?
Looks like a really unique find..
Congrats.

 

[NZ49er]

holy Confederate, Batman! dream relic. I'm droolong.

 

[HighVDI]

That is so dang neat! Congratulations!

 

[NZ49er]

Holy Confederate, Batman! That's a dream relic. I'm drooling.

 

[Rookster]

Awesome find.Congrats.

 

[UnderMiner]

Gotta love those construction sites!! Amazing!!

 

[RJGMC]

You have definitely exceeded the limit on the cool factor! Proceed with caution. Looks pretty unique! If you do anything to it, you can’t undo it! Nice find!

 

[huntsman53]

Super nice find and congrats! All Relic Hunters dream of finding an intact sword from the Civil War. As far as identification and possible conservation/restoration, you can start right in your own city by contacting the folks at the links below. Good luck!

NCCivilWarRelics.com*Home

https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/civil-war-artifacts

 

[thrifty76now]

Wow.that dig is one you will always remember.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Great recovery!

 

[BuckleBoy]

If you're experienced at electrolysis, might go that route. Either way you must restore or it will crumble away to nothing. FANTASTIC find, and yes, a dream find for most!

 

[Doc Arey]

Sweet!

 

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[A2coins]

god was looking down on you thats crazy good eye and bayonette thats a museum piece im gonna need one oc those now I dont think theres a bucket big enough to hold everything on my list

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Awesome find...

 

[Javadroid]

Most amazing is the thing is complete! Extraordinary find. Please share what it looks like once restoration efforts complete. Congrats!