The article below presents the results of a research visit made by the authors to the villages of Sipca and Cobalea (Soldanesti District) and the town of Soldanesti between June 29 and July 3, 2012. The visit took place at the request of the mayor of Sipca, who asked the authors to carry out an archaeological surface research in an area near the village mentioned in a legend involving some medieval cellars. Ours archaeological researches have not confirmed the remains of any medieval buildings. Yet, we believe that the investigations should be continued, using special equipment such as magnetometer and georadar. During the visit, the authors also conducted archaeological researches in other areas of the village, in order to check the information mentioned in bibliographical sources about some archaeological sites. Also, we had the opportunity to learn and record some original local toponyms, which complete the list of the names of places across the village, known from the specialized literature. After, we made a scientific assessment of cemetery tombstones, many of which contain inscriptions dating from the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. All these tombstones deserve a detailed research, in order to find out more about the religious universe of people who lived in the village of Sipca. In Soldanesti, the authors conducted an archaeological surface research in the famous archaeological sites from the iron ages situated near a former tobacco fermentation factory. These sites, along with those discovered in Basarabi, Romania, show the ethno-cultural unity of the communities of North Thracian in the period that preceded their certification in ancient literary sources. Also, in Soldanesti, we had the opportunity to see two private collections of historical and ethnographical objects, which deserve to be studied by specialists and then displayed in museums and used for touristic goals. During this trip, we also had the opportunity to visit the village of Cobalea where, a republican festival of music and poplar dance entitled “At the shadow of the oak” (La umbra stejarului) took place on July 1. The festival was conducted near a hundreds year old oak, under the branches of which, according to a legend, Moldovan medieval ruler Stephen the Great (1457-1504) has rested. Near this oak, there is a stone church built at the beginning of the 19th century and representing a remarkable monument of religious architecture. Before leaving for Chisinau, a resident of the village of Hligeni (Soldanesti District) gave us an old metal seal that she had found on the farm land near her house. In Chisinau we thoroughly studied this valuable seal. It was made of bronze and belonged to a Russian noble who lived in Bessarabia in the 19th century or at the beginning of the 20th century. His surname and initials of his first name and patronymic are engraved on the seal matrix: П Я Гаряевъ. Some representatives of this Russian noble family have settled in Bessarabia after 1812, when the east territory of Tara Moldovei, situated between the Prut and Dniester rivers, was annexed to the Russian Empire. We believe that the seal from Hligeni was mainly used by its owner for sealing letters from his private correspondence.