Metal Casket

The metal casket comes in a wide variety of different alloys and metals. In today's society, you can venture to a number of funeral homes and find caskets made of bronze, pewter, steel, silver, gold, and even copper.

There are typically a number of different gauge metals used in the creation of caskets. In many cases the thickness is typically 20 or 16 gauge metal. This helps to keep the caskets light enough to be carried.

Metal may add a sense of protection and comfort to the family members who have lost a loved home, many feel it is a way to preserve their loved ones after they have gone from this world.

The cost of caskets made of metal are typically lower than you would find most of the beautiful wood finishes. This is because their construction takes less time in forming. With a wooden casket depending on the design, stain, type of wood etc. There are many more steps and work involved in the creation of a wood casket.

Many caskets range in price from around $1,000 up to $20,000, this depends on the choice of metal. Currently the highest cost other than silver and gold will be found in copper, it is believed that copper is becoming scarce and many manufacturers of caskets are moving away from this metal and creating caskets that actually look like copper but may instead be created out of a thin bronze to keep the casket light and durable.