The original Buried Treasure effect was invented by Ed Massey c. 1957. This improved version was built by Arturo (Glenn Babbs) c. 1964 and sold by Abbott’s and U.F. Grant. This particular item was sold by Abbott’s.
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 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 🙂
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