Shipwreck Metals

WHAT IS 18K TREASURE GOLD?

Gold pieces can be made with this special alloy that contains authentic sunken treasure!  In 1622, a treasure galleon named the Neustra Señora de Atocha was sunk during a hurricane off Key West, Florida while carrying silver, gold, emeralds, and copper to Spain.  After a  16 year search, the ship was finally discovered in 1985.  The find, estimated at over $400 million, included nearly 1000 silver bars weighing on average 60lbs each.

The 18K Treasure Gold contains 75% fine gold and 25% silver and copper in a specific ratio.  Having obtained both silver and copper from the Atocha, this alloy is made using these metals resulting in 18K gold that is crafted from actual SUNKEN TREASURE!  Pieces fashioned from this special alloy may be contemporary, but they are created with real treasure in their DNA.  The mark above is hallmarked on pieces made predominantly with 18K Treasure Gold. 

View pieces made in 18K Treasure Gold here:  18K Treasure Gold Jewelry

 

WHAT IS STERLING FATHOMS SILVER?

Since the Deepsea Collection is inspired by the abyss, it is only fitting that some pieces be created with a special sterling silver alloy made with silver recovered from the deepest wreck ever salvaged.  Recovered from a depth of 15,400ft (a half-mile deeper than the Titanic!), the silver was found on ship named the S.S. Gairsoppa which was sunk during WWII by a German U-Boat off the coast of Ireland in 1941.  While perhaps not as mysterious and romantic as the Atocha, the silver for the Sterling Fathoms Silver has spent the last 75+ years sitting nearly 3 miles below the surface on the Abyssal Plain of the Atlantic Ocean.  What better sterling silver could there be for jewelry inspired by the abyss?  The mark above is hallmarked on pieces made predominantly with Sterling Fathoms Silver.

View pieces made in Sterling Fathoms Silver here:  Sterling Fathoms Silver