CIVIL WAR BAYONET ???

[Hardy]

HI ALL , HAD THIS FOR A WHILE , ON THE BASE OF THE BLADE NEAR THE MUSSLE LOCK IS A FAIDDED "US".
COULD THIS BE FROM THE CIVIL WAR?

 

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[traderoftreasures]

yes it is civil war.....http://civilwarswords.co.cc/Edged-Weapons/Civil-War-Bayonets

 

[Monty]

Probably civil war era, but I don't know how anyone would be able to tell if it was used in the CW. A lot depends on where it came from. Monty

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Seriously?

Yeah It's civil war... Great find. But it's not a dug Bayonet..... Correct?

 

[txkickergirl]

great finds, nothing I dig out down here(salt water) is anywhere near as nice condition as that.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Probably civil war era, but I don't know how anyone would be able to tell if it was used in the CW. A lot depends on where it came from. Monty

yup.

Agreed.

 

[Hardy]

HOPE ,ITS NOT DUG and came out of a barn in V.A

 

[rjw4law]

Even better, great preservation

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks like it is for a Springfield. Tony

 

[JRich98150]

I would say not Civil War but afterwards based on the last photo. I would go with a trapdoor rifle bayonet. I believe the Civil War and older bayonets were broader and more flat on the point where the blade meets the muzzle socket. More likely a Indian War period bayonet.

JRich

 

[dcinffxva]

It appears to be a US Model 1855 bayonet. They were used on the models 1855, 1861 and 1863 Springfields before, and through the Civil War. A very similar pattern was used on the trapdoors up until 1888 when the rod-bayonet came out.

 

[Hardy]

THANKS GUYS FOR ALL THE GREAT INFORMATION ON THIS BAYONET

 

[tinto3]

HI ALL , HAD THIS FOR A WHILE , ON THE BASE OF THE BLADE NEAR THE MUSSLE LOCK IS A FAIDDED "US".
COULD THIS BE FROM THE CIVIL WAR?

Yup nice bayonet.........only the Jubilee Clip is not from the Civil War era.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

According to "collector lore"... there's a simple test to determine whether a socket-bayonet is Civil War era or Indian Wars era. Try to fit a US penny into the either end of the socket. If the penny won't fit completely into the socket-end, the bayonet is Indian Wars era.