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Atom3339 Inner circle Spokane, WA 3242 Posts 
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Guys, Bag 4 Life just doesn't do it for me. I still look at tricks from a Layman's point of view and would shrug, "So what? Doctored plastic bag." Even if that isn't how the trick is done. My mind would go there. I'd rather see an effect that looks like real magic.
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HofzinsersFan New user Scotland 81 Posts
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Maybe it's about time for this thread to be resurrected?
I recently got a cheap split coin and am well impressed, its a lovely gimmick but there does seem to be a lack of routines or at least, there's hardly much talk about this fine gimmick on magic sites and even -gasp!- youtube. People don't talk about this in the way that they talk about other well known coin gimmicks. I wonder why that is after so many years since its invention? Is it because there are very few effects that this gimmick is required for? I mean to say, effects that you can do with this gimmick can perhaps also be done using a shell and could it be that that is the preferred method, to use a shell, therefore no one bothers trying things out with this and so no ideas develop? I'm just trying to figure out the reason for the apparent lack of interest in this..any ideas? Anyway, I am holding out for a copy of Craig Pettys' DVD but until I come across one (which is proving difficult and I refuse to settle for a video download for $30) I would love to have any ideas for effects or routines using this gimmick!? Can anyone name some or point me in the direction of some? I quickly realised that this gimmick can be a substitute for a shell and so can be used in most effects requiring one but are there any effects that this gimmick truly shines with, or outperforms other gimmicked coins at? 
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TWOCAN Special user PORT RICHEY FL 877 Posts
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I carry a split coin as well as a regular coin and at times include a jumbo coin to do the big finish .
Profits over people are a common thing . Be uncommon and be the best .
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funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9987 Posts
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I had never seen a Split Coin before creating nay new Sleights and Effects for TUC. One of my interest there was the ability to toss the gaff around,
and this is true of the Split also. Plus, the Split has a special advantage of a semi-nest on the palm when open -- it is automatically in a good display position for both coins without any thumb movement. Thus, many of the Effects designed and published for the TUC can use the Split Coin with a bit of imagination. (See T.U.C. Appreciation) For me, the phrase, "very few effects that this gimmick is required for" runs cold. If the Split Coin is viewed as seed of creativity it is "hot." While writing this I thought of several interesting applications. 
Hey, TwoCan, can you make a Split with an English Penny or Centavo on the inside? The teflon might make both sides being a visible coin impossible, but I can imagine many interesting applications of such a C/S gaff.
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dj Inner circle 1180 Posts
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On May 28, 2021, funsway wrote: I think the N4 Coin Set is what you are looking for? https://www.alakazam.co.uk/product-N4-Co......ick.html https://youtu.be/AER3xzMMyac Darko |
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Harle New user Longmont, CO 10 Posts
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Certainly not an original idea or one exclusive to this gaff, but depending on the conditions often I prefer them to any other gimmick for a very clean 3Fly. If I'm not warmed up, or someone catches me "off duty" and asks to see something, I feel it's easier to get clean results in a slightly less prepared performance.
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HofzinsersFan New user Scotland 81 Posts
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Great to read the replies folks, interesting as always. I have a copy of Craig Pettys Split Happens DVD winging its way towards my home as I type. I am hoping to get it tomorrow or Friday and then I can get stuck into it at the weekend.
I am absolutely loving this split coin! I didn't realise that the more you mess around with it, the more you realise how adaptable this gimmick is. It really can be used instead of other gimmicks, where those other gimmicks are the usual method. Funsway, when I said "few effects that the gimmick is required for.." I was meaning that it seems that way, I was trying to say that magicians seem to have left this gimmick behind because they perhaps feel that effects can be done with the already existing gimmicks and therefore they surmise that it is not 'required'. I didn't mean that that is MY feeling on the subject. In fact, I am excited to be using this and discovering it so early into my learning because I feel it is a very powerful wee coin and overlooking it is not something magicians ought to be doing. I cant wait to see what Craig Petty has done with it because I need a creative kick sometimes..
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stevie c Veteran user 333 Posts
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On Jun 2, 2021, HofzinsersFan wrote: Split happens is a great production. CP starts by going through some of the common moves, before moving onto different types of routines, but even this is the tip of the iceberg. The more you play and practice, the more the possibilities open up. Based on one of the routines on this DVD, I've come up with an awesome coins across routine. IMHO it looks far cleaner than the gimmickless versions I've seen, while also allowing one to handle the gimmick in a far more natural way than an expanded [ Great stuff BW Steve |
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countrymaven Inner circle 1428 Posts
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Yes Split Happens is a truly GREAT coin magic video. You can lightly toss a split coin on a table. I have put it on spectatowr's hands, and never been caught. Yes you can do everything you could do with an exp. sh ll and make it much cleaner.
Once you add some sleights of your own to separate and rejoin the split coin, you can do things that look like impromptu coin miracles. |
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stevie c Veteran user 333 Posts
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On Jun 2, 2021, countrymaven wrote: Completely agree CM......as you say, once you add in some well practiced sleights, it can unlock some amazing effects!! |
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countrymaven Inner circle 1428 Posts
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The one sleight not discussed enough anywhere is how to "detach and partially flip" a split coin. Once you figure out a couple ways to do this and the reverse, to get it back together, you do away with the complexities of bent TUC shells or shells, etc. You have a coin that works well all the time and can be carried in your pocket without damaging it.........
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HofzinsersFan New user Scotland 81 Posts
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Ooh Steve and Countrymaven, you two have got me drooling here hehehe!!
It looks like the mail will bring my dvd either this afternoon or tomorrow and then I can know exactly what you're both referring to. I am looking forward to it cos I do like Craigs countenance and think his personality is going to be very well suited to teaching. Sometimes the teacher is the only poor thing about a lesson but it can be the one thing that prevents learning. I am pretty sure Craig won't be like that, he has a very welcome and friendly manner. One thing I noticed about my cheap split coin is that it being a new ten pence peice, it magnetically sticks to other, ungimmicked ones. Now, that can be a bonus if you wish to have a pile of coins be manoeuvred around in the hands like one, but generally, for me at least I would prefer the split coin to be able to be landing in my palm next to a couple of real ten pence without them all suddenly sticking together! Well, in case there's anyone else with a ten pence split coin from amazon UK...Don't worry, it is a fact that only some tenpences are magnetic and some aren't! So, I went through all the change I could find in the house and sure enough I found 8 ten pence coins that were not magnetic at all and sit in the hand next to the split coin very naturally. Worth bearing in mind, that's all. 
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stevie c Veteran user 333 Posts
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I also tried the 10p version, old UK penny versions etc. The best I've had by far (apart from an expensive Morgan split by RK), is a 2 pound split coin by quick pick magic in the UK. I've got two and they are really good!!!!!
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milamber Regular user California 130 Posts
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Gregory Wilson teaches some ideas on the split coin in his first Penguin Live lecture (https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2671)... it's only about 10 min of the lecture though. As a side note, what he shows are some of the same things he shares with his "Split Focus" gimmick / routine (without having to shell out $200).
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countrymaven Inner circle 1428 Posts
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Hofn's fan: You are getting the best DVD on split coins, and one of the most underrated DVDs ever. This puts miracle coin
magic within the realm of any coin man. Trust me, split coins' deceptive nature flies over heads of spec's, where even shells could be suspected. |
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HofzinsersFan New user Scotland 81 Posts
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On Jun 4, 2021, stevie c wrote: Aah I'm glad you mentioned that because it is the same supplier I bought the ten pence version from - quick pik magic on amazon UK. I was wondering about trying the two pound version as I do prefer the slightly larger sized coin. I often practice coin work with old English pennnies so that's more like the same size and I think I will stick with that size for now. At least now I have your word that the two pound version is worthy of getting sometime! Cheers! 
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