Camp lead?

[DCMatt]

I've read several posts where guys talk about finding CW "camp lead". Can someone describe to me what this stuff might look like?

I hunted (briefly) a CW site a few weeks ago and came up empty on relics (heavily re-landscaped area). But I did find a small bit of lead about the size of a dime. Flat, smooth, and round on one edge. Straight, as if broken off something, on the opposite edge. Could this be "camp lead"? Not sure that this was a camp area, but it was a battlefield (Ox Hill/Chantilly).

Thanks,

DCMatt

 

[Elvis]

Sure sounds like it, post a photo. Smoetimes this lead looks like it has been melted, it just depends.

 

[Dharmacy]

Camp Lead:

About 30 lbs worth, that ain't no skoal can in the middle!!

D.

 

[DCMatt]

Thanks for the replies and the education.

DCMatt

 

[Gribnitz]

camp lead is usually overflow from when they molded bullets around a fire. When it hardens you get a blob of lead. Usually find a lot of it in a campsite, more than anything else really.

 

[cryptodave]

Camp Lead:

About 30 lbs worth, that ain't no skoal can in the middle!!

D.

Dharmacy, my pile is starting to look alot like yours. The key word is starting! You got a great pile there!