$25,000 Opalised Dinosaur Fossil Donated To Museum! | Opal Hunters: Red Dirt Road 

All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent that the law allows. 25k is a pretty good nugget

Unless you're a paleontologist yourself, it's much more valuable to humanity to have it available to current or future researchers than for you to keep it as a conversation piece.

@@ViictoryUkraine How can you tax a broke miner? They have made no money and now you are talking tax exemptions? How can get that space for your tent under an overpass with no income and taxes aren't paid by hobos.

Most museums don’t take “loans”.

I'd heard he sold it to them for 100k

They'll find more opal and more money will come. He's leaving a story and a legacy for his family and continent, which to many is worth more than money.

@@BobbyDigital6411 Bullshit to the highest level. You assume a lot with little thought to how these guys are dressed and the conditions that they are groveling in to make a few bucks. Sure they might find some enough to buy a nice life but they also might be buried under a few tons of that mine back such as the older seasoned miner was showing. This type of mining isn't allowed here in the USA because of laws governing mining safety. Losing even a few miners to fire,cave ins or flooding will get a mine shut down here. I think this is just like our reality shows: No basis in reality is mostly what it is.

Yes, it is 100% tax decutable in Oz but you can't spead it over multiple years.