Buried Treasure Bean Box by Arturo, Abbott’s

The original Buried Treasure effect was invented by Ed Massey c. 1957.  This improved version was built by Arturo (Glenn Babbs)  and sold by U.F. Grant c. 1960 and Abbott’s c. 1961 and c. 1964. This particular item was sold by Abbott’s.  When it was sold by U.F.Grant it was known as the Nest of Bean Boxes.

The improved Arturo version is easier to set and the effect is more impressive because the signed coin vanishes and appears inside a third box that is sealed inside a second box which is surrounded by beans, as opposed to just one box as in the original effect.  There have been a number of versions built by various builders including very pretty ones by Charles Stillwell (in the early 1960’s),  Mel Babcock and Louis Gaynor. However, one of the features of these original Arturo made boxes is that the large outer red box dismantles further which makes it easier to set-up.

In the Abbott’s advert it talks about tying the outer and inner box with a ribbon – this is certainly possible, but because of the astonishment created by pulling the tiny box out of all of the beans I don’t think it adds anything to the effect and just slows down the pace.  But of course you could use ribbons if you wanted to (and I even include some for you).

This is a truly amazing effect which will amaze your audience and is easy to do 🙂

Includes:

• Large Red Box, Gold Box and small blue box.
• Ribbon for blue box.
• Extra ribbons for the red and gold box if desired (bonus).
• Special Magic’s Immortals token to vanish (any half dollar size coin can be used) (bonus).
• Coin Vanishing Hank (bonus).
• Four pages of instructions
• Use your own beans!

Effect: No other effect in years has created as many raves as this sensational easy to perform effect.

The outfit is beautifully made and decorated and will add class to any act, large or small. A marked half-dollar sized coin is vanished (using a coin vanishing hank). Attention is called to a red and black box with brass hinges. A spectator opens this box and inside is a gold box.

The gold box is opened and the spectator finds it to be full of beans, with a red ribbon protruding from the beans. Pulling on the ribbon it comes out of the box and attached to the other end is a small blue box. Sealed inside the small blue box is the identical half dollar that vanished at the start of the trick!

The red box is about six inches square, the gold box just sufficiently smaller to fit inside it. The small blue box is two and One-fourth inches square by one inch thick.

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