Moving from North Texas to the Bahamas to search for Spanish sunken treasure sounds pretty sweet.
For 40 years, Carl Allen worked with trash. Trash bags, actually. But in 2017 Allen sold his North Texas company, Heritage Bags, for hundreds of millions of dollars and immediately set out on a new course. He started Allen Exploration in Irving so he could finally become something he had always wanted to be: a treasure hunter.. As it turns out, having many millions of dollars and a lust for the salty sea life can be pretty fun.
That came after his 2018 purchase of Walker’s Cay, the Bahamian island he has visited almost annually since he was a kid. The 100-acre island is again becoming a prime saltwater fishing destination after being ravaged by hurricanes in 2004. It’s also not far from where Allen now holds exclusive rights, granted to him by the Bahamian government, to search local waters for the Maravillas' jewel-encrusted prizes.
One of the pricey treasure-hunting toys Allen has at his disposal is a “submersible,” a bubble-domed vessel that can send him and a couple guests to the sea floor. He’s not the only wealthy titan with North Texas ties to have owned a submarine for oceanic exploration. Local adventurer Victor Vescovo chronicled his underwater adventures for a Discovery+ seriesin 2019. The series followed Vescovo’s quest to become the first person to dive to the deepest part of all five oceans.
In a 2018 interview with Boat International, Allen said, “I will never leave Texas,” but the CBS segment from the weekend notes that Allen and his wife are now living full-time in the Bahamas. “The pull of the sea is as strong now as it was when he was a boy,” Cowan the reporter said at the end of his segment. “And it's anchored the Allens to the Bahamas in all the best of ways.”, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Dallas, and we'd like to keep it that way.
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