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Hey there all!

Learnt this trick a while ago off a video I believe was on this site, couldn't quite remember its name so Dark Coins is as good as any. Enjoy all, and please leave some feedback and any ways in which I can improve. Many thanks.

http://media.putfile.com/Dark-Coins

Regards,

Alex

Nice video Alex, very smooth. Much better than I can do. However, have you tried this in front of any spectators? I'm curious as to how they react to it because from my position it was a little obivous what was happening. However, I am slightly learned in this art of magic so I cannot speak for the opinion of your specatators.

Oooo... nice! I like it. Very smoothly done I must say. Keep up the good work!

I'd say slow it down a tad though.

Well Ive tried it a few times and the slower spectator won't notice anything if you speak to them and usually gets a really good reacton. The quicker ones can sometimes suspect whats happening - and although they don't know for sure, they can usually get the gist of whats happening. I think its a nice trick but not one I regularly perform. Perhaps you can see whats happening because theres no patter + therefore misdirection?

Regards,

Alex

Good point Alex.

Nice job. Looks like you patterned it after Rune's presentation of a shadow coins routine. Nice job.

Not that it makes a difference, I was just wondering why you had a cut in there.

Demitri wrote: I was just wondering why you had a cut in there.

There was a slight pause in the filming, and had to cut a bit out. Didnt have a great deal of time to re-record so did what I could. Hope it doesnt diminish the quality of the video too much.

Regards,

Alex

I saw the cut too. I figured you had the typical "magic-on-video syndrome" where you make mistakes you would never make anywhere else. It happens to the best of us. I figured you took the best parts from a couple of takes of the whole thing after you made various mistakes and/or "smoothness deficits" (hows that for a new magicians term?).

Doesn't diminish at all - the effect was great. I was just curious about it.

nope! the name is avoiding me too!
but that was very nice, i love this routine, i think i know what I'm doing in lectures today!

edit: shadow coins?

haha - know the feeling man - can now look forward to lectures on 5th Cent Athens!

Alex

I love that trick it was soooooooo smoooooooothly done. Keep it up

I liked it alot Alex. I've had to watch it a second, third and fourth time before I completely got it.

You can guess I'm new to magic but as someone with a slight understanding of tricks it proves the trick has got some resillience as I was fooled.

I've been practising for the last hour...........nearly there!

Thanks for the entertaining.

No problem, thankyou for the nice comments!

Just working on my next one - im a uni man with waaaaay too much time on my hands

Regards,

Alex

If you're at university then wait until your third year. You won't have that much time on your hands then. I'm suffering this punishment at the moment...I expect to be bald at the end of it.