A piece of gold treasure has been unearthed in a market town and a museum has its eyes on it. 

An Anglo-Saxon pendant, also known as a bracteate, was found by a metal detectorist in Bungay.

The bracteate dates between AD 450 to 650 and is decorated on the front with an abstract design.

The find has a plain black and a hanging loop, and is described as in a “fine condition” with little bending and distortion.

Bungay Museum describes the pendant as an “exciting and important find” and hopes to buy it for everyone to see.

But the museum needs to raise £3,000 to be able to keep it.

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They are holding a fundraising stall on November 23 at the Bungay Christmas lights switch-on in St Mary’s Church to help raise money for the bracteate.

John Adams, chair of Bungay Museum Trustees said: “We are pleased to have been offered this very important historic find of a gold bracteate.

“We are actively seeking funds to procure this historic artifact which adds to our understanding of our past and enhance our exhibition.”

A GoFundMe has also been set up for anybody unable to attend the stall in person: Bring home a golden treasure to Bungay.

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The museum is home to extensive local geology, archaeology and social history collections, taking visitors back in time to when mammoths roamed the Waveney Valley. 

An area in the museum is dedicated to Bungay Castle, originally a Norman Castle built by Roger Bigod around 1100.

It also features local trades and businesses demonstrating how the town has changed and evolved over the centuries, and has a section dedicated to the World Wars.

The museum is housed in the town hall in Broad Street and is currently closed for the winter months, but will be reopening in the spring.