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I've come across a few coins through bottle and cap through bottles. So far Abyss, Aquarius, Factory Sealed, Bullet, And All Will Be Consumed.

What would be the best coin through bottle and cap through bottle (or one that does both equally well)?

Depends, do you want to apparently borrow the coin and or bottle? Do you want to give the coin in bottle away after?

I still think the classic folding coin is the best method.

i like glass bottle ones best so folding coin.
factory sealed is pretty cool. sticking a pen inside a bottle is more impossible and i like the fact that i can do this improptu. i dont bother with the cap switch.. i just literally unsrew it prior to the trick. no one cares. why would they?

its just like - hey - you have a coin/pen?

wicked. watch this. BOOM its in. they react, i screw the cap on. they dont care. it looks like im unscrewing.

minds = f****d.

I am with Lee Smith on this and I'll tell you why.

Nothing has to be prepped in advance. Everything can be borrowed. The coin can be put in the bottle and removed, and in the end everything can be handed back to the spectator.

This leaves only your routine and there are so many variations using the above method, and can be as involved or simple as you wish.

Honestly I have not looked at every method with every nuance. They must all have advantages and disadvantages. Most of the ones I thought would look really cool turned out to be very finnicky and a pain in the *rse. And in the end the spectators are just as amazed regardless. Cap, pen, coin. Doesn't really matter to the spectator. Most of the caps in bottles you need to make in advance. And really not a problem you can make a bunch at a time and use them as give aways. Dary's cap in bottle for example. You just walk away leaving the cap in the bottle, Makes a nice momento for the spectator, which they will eventually throw away.

The disadvantage to the classic folding coin is that you don't leave the coin in the bottle. You don't have that option. But if you borrow the coin you want to give it back anyway so there is no reason to leave it there.

Just my thoughts. Whichever one you choose please take your time and get a good presentation down. This has become a classic effect and really is a good working magicians effect and it deserves the time and effort you put into it. And it won't let you down.

have fun.

shuffleshuffle wrote:i like glass bottle ones best so folding coin.
factory sealed is pretty cool. sticking a pen inside a bottle is more impossible and i like the fact that i can do this improptu. i dont bother with the cap switch.. i just literally unsrew it prior to the trick. no one cares. why would they?

its just like - hey - you have a coin/pen?

wicked. watch this. BOOM its in. they react, i screw the cap on. they dont care. it looks like im unscrewing.

minds = f****d.

think you're confusing factory sealed with all will be consumed...... factory sealed is only a coin penetration.

personally i would stear clear of both, A.W.B.C is one of those things that will take forever to practiseand even then still isn't garunteed.........i'v never seen abyss so can't comment on that

for me prohibition has to be the best cap/bottle penetration

I got the folding quarter and can do a pretty good job with it. But it doesn't beat an illusion of slowly putting a quarter or cap through the side of a bottle. Preferably would like to do a quarter through a "unopened" bottle.

As for giving away the coin/cap/bottle afterwards, I would prefer to. But not necessary.

What is Prohibition like?