Lots of lead

[rginn]

I went over to Half-Moon Gulch and camped last night. The place has a history going back into the gold rush days and before, and alleged associations with Jesse and Frank James, among others. In one little area back up in the trees off a clearing, perhaps a hundred feet by a hundred, I found all kinds of bullets. A little up the slope, there were various larger rocks scattered around, and on the downslope side of these I found smashed bullets or bullet fragments, but nothing on the upslope side. I didn't dig them all up. There was no sign of a cabin or whatever in the area, but I did find this hinge device which has me thinking 'strongbox' until I bring it home and Maria says, 'Oh, cool, you found somebody's door latch'. In the first pic I've included 3 modern day .44 lead balls for reference. (the shiny ones) Does anybody know how to tell the old ball ammo from the modern day? I'm doing more research on this area, because so far all I have is some hearsay and coffeshop rumors. I plotted out all the finds and took notes, cause to me this says gunbattle or something. Any info y'all have specifically on Half-Moon Gulch near Leadville would be appreciated, too.

 

[allen]

good job on those interesting finds !!

 

[Silver Searcher]

I would love to hunt somewere like that all that History I wouldn't even be bothered if I found nothing :P just being there

SS