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This clever effect is sadly not new with Tannen’s 🙁
The same basic method was actually created ten years earlier by Ed Mellon and engineered by James Swoger as Quantimental. In fact Quantimental is easier to set, more flexible, quieter, and has more choices.
However, even if Divining Rods is not as good as the original it is still a great prop and will certainly fool the average person. As we saw with the Jewels of Shah Jahan the problem with these clever devices that allow us to determine what the spectators have chosen is how to reveal them. I thought about a simple routine which I hope will come over in my Speed Demo 🙂
Effect: “It’s the wildest principle in magic I have ever seen”. This comment was made by one of the many customers who, after seeing the effect in the store, purchased it and was shown the secret. What type of mind can conceive such an ingenious principle? That is one question we cannot answer.
The stand illustrated has four different colored rods set into the holes. The rods are re- moved from the stand by the spectators one at a time WHILE THE PERFORMER IS OUT OF THE ROOM blindfolded, his back turned, etc.
On his return he can immediately call out the color of the rod in each spectator’s pocket. If you think that’s astounding, hear this – NO STOOGES, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. The instant he returns he names who has what colored rod.
You cannot fail. Divining Rods is the closest thing to real magic you will come across in a long time. Best of all it’s mechanical, and for just $12.50 it shouldn’t shake anyone who is looking for such a dynamic punch this effect has.
Wait ’til YOU find out how it’s done
(Notice: Includes: Printed Instructions.)
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