The abandoned quarry above Hajnáčka in the Rimavská Sobota district has revealed another secret. (source: Marcela Ballová)
The abandoned quarry above Hajnáčka in the Rimavská Sobota district, which was also famous as a site for sapphires in basalt, has revealed another secret.
A few days ago, Ladislav Oravec, an amateur mineralogist who comes here to look for gems, was attracted by a number of shards and one object in particular, writes My Novohrad.
"I thought I'd try to find a new deposit of sapphires near the quarry. During the inspection of the terrain, I was particularly interested in the shards," Oravec said.
He works with the Dornyay Béla Museum in Salgótarján, Hungary, and have participated in archaeological research several times.
"I knew it would be something really old," he added.
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Oravec soon contacted Alexander Botoš, an archaeologist from the Gemersko-Malohontské Museum in Rimavská Sobota. He conducted a field survey on Thursday, November 9.
Jozef Stankoviansky, a historian and publicist, who is currently the director of the archaeological museum in Horná Lehota, Brezno district, was also interested in the location from an archaeological and mineralogical point of view.
