This enormous piece of petrified wood tree trunk was one of the largest fossils I have ever retrieved!
When I found it, it was underwater and wedged underneath another giant rock. We had to winch that rock away, make a sled, and then drag it 3km (2mi) back to the car. It took 3 days!
Sections of it has turned into fool's gold (iron pyrite) making it really shine in the sun.
Watch me struggle to fetch it on YouTube
Photogrammetry was used to create the 3D model.
Age: ~80 million years old (Cretaceous)
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Size: 620mm long, 420mm wide, 450mm high (24" x 16.5" x 18")
Weight: ~200kg (~440lbs)