Monday, Jun 07, 2010 at 22:55
Apparently, or so I was told last year by the Dinosaur people at
Winton, You can keep anything you find. The government wants nothing to do with the fossils. No money to make. The only legal requirement is that you have permission off who ever owns the land. It would be up to the individual to hand over there find if it was a new find, but not a legal requirement.
Currently in the area, they have enough finds to dig up, to keep them digging for approximately 60years. They can only dig for about one month or so a year.
Property owners have been finding these fossils since the area was settled, but were scared to declare their finds incase the government took their land. If they so wish, they can donate their finds now to a musuem, and they can get a tax rebate in return.
Around
Winton you can volunteer to help with the major dig each year. Will cost you around 2grand from memory.
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