An exquisite gold chalice, an emerald-encrusted crucifix and a gold bar go on auction in New York next month, recovered from a Spanish ship that sank off the coast of Florida in 1622. The extraordinary items were discovered by a US treasure hunter from the wreckage of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, the most famous vessel in a Spanish flotilla that sank after sailing into a hurricane. The ship, laden with New World riches, was one of at least eight that sank in the storm en route back to Spain. She went down with 265 people on board, of whom only five survived. After a painstaking, expensive search taking more than 15 years, Mel Fisher located the wreckage on July 20, 1985, recovering $450 million worth of treasure, including coins and precious jewelry. To mark the 30th anniversary of the discovery, Guernsey’s says it is auctioning nearly 40 items

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