Intangibility By Damir Djanis Trick Revealed By Info Ruckus

Do you know how the Intangibility by Damir Djanis penetration close up magic tick is done?

How the steel ball could go through the coin that is trapped inside the closed wooden box.

This Intangibility created by Damir Djanis is similar to “The Steel Ball Through Glass” box by John Snyder, Junior.

John Snyder Jr. Steel Ball Through Glass

John Snyder Junior’s steel ball penetration trick uses a glass sheet instead of a coin.

Below is the demo of John Snyder Jr. Steel Ball Through Glass:

Intangibility by Damir Djanis is also identical to the Coin Of The Realm magic trick which I have already exposed and explained.

Coin Of The Realm secret revealed

Welcome to another post from the Info Ruckus Magic Trick Secrets Revealed series.

Intangibility is an updated version of the Coin Of The Realm and the Steel Ball Through Glass by John Snyder Jr.

The original idea was by George Robinson Jr of Viking Magic, who bought the Coin Of The Realm in 1966.

He wanted to create a new design which can be performed surrounded.

Then he met Croatian craftsman by the name of Damir Djanis, who helped him to come up with a great design.

In addition, Intangibility magic prop comes with a locking device, to prevent the gimmick being exposed.

I think the setback with this magical prop is the noise issue; clicking sound of the locking mechanism and also the coin sliding sound.

Effect:

Show a well-crafted wooden box with a cover and round holes that goes right through it.

Deposit a Morgan Silver Dollar coin to block the hole, and pull down the cover.

Next place a gleaming steel ball into hole resting on top of the coin.

Slowly press the steel ball down, and it drops out through the bottom hole.

Magically it seems the steel ball penetrate the solid silver coin.

Intangibility By Damir Djaris

Watch Damir Djanis Intangibility penetration magic trick demo by Rob Rand.

Intangibility By Damir Djanis Secret Revealed

Let’s explore how this version by Damir Djanis works.

My speculation is again solely based on viewing the demo videos, and observing their presentations.

I would explain and back up my revelation with supporting images, illustrations and video snippets.

In addition, I would include the psychology behind this penetration trick by Viking Magic.

Displace The Coin From The Hole

Like many other penetration tricks, the obstacle has to temporarily give way to achieve the penetration effect.

For this case, the coin has to shift away from the hole, so the steel ball could drop through the bottom hole.

From by observations, the coin is moved to the side of the box with the vintage hasp and staple lock.

This is where the coin is relocated to, as indicated below:

Intangibility Coin Thru Coin Trick

After the trick is done, they bring the coin back to the hole in the middle of the wooden box.

One thing I noticed is, after the coin has shifted out from the hole, they can still place the steel ball in the hole, without dropping through.

They press the steel ball down, as that it appears it is penetrating through the solid coin.

Particularly the demos by both George Robinson Jr. and Andy Martin.

Steel Ball Coin Penetration Illusion Explained

I guess one side of the rather big silver coin edge is still slightly within the hole, that holds the steel ball from dropping down.

While the other edge of the coin is wedged against a spring-laden device.

When they press the steel ball downward, the coin retracts inwards, thus allowing the ball to pass through.

This visual is just to illustrate my explanation above.

But as for Rob Rand of Brotherbor, it is obvious he uses his right hand middle finger to hold back the steel ball from falling through at 3:34.

Steel Ball Penetrating Coin Magic Trick Revealed

From the three demo videos, I noticed all having the similar moves when performing the Intangibility magic trick.

Let’s watch closely how they maneuver the Intangibility wooden box when performing the trick.

Tilting Intangibility By Damir Djanis

This is how George Robinson of Viking Magic himself demonstrates it.

He does a straightforward performance, just the penetrating effect, without bothering with the locking device.

At 0:33 he misdirects viewers’ attention to the steel ball, he tilts the box down on the table top.

Damir Djanis Intangibility Penetration Trick

This is to let the coin to slide down towards the side of the box with the hasp and staple lock.

After the steel ball has dropped out from the hole below, at 0:41 he tilts the box again.

This time he tips it back towards the hinges side of the wooden box.

Steel Ball Through Coin Trick Viking Magic

This time to bring the repositioned coin back to the round hole.

In fact, you can hear the sliding sound of the coin.

Andy Martin of Martin’s Magic Collection also does a slick move with the Intangibility.

At 1:33, Andy tilts the box to his left, also gives a quick jolt, to dislodge the coin.

Intangibility By Viking Magic

Immediately after pressing the steel ball out through the hole, at 1:40, he tips the box down to his right, to slide the coin back in place.

Steel Ball Penetration Box Magic Trick

Rod Rand does it differently; he shakes and tilts the wooden box, and even fumbles the hole to do the trick.

Instead of using a silver coin, he even uses an Oriental-looking coin.

At 3:04, I think he uses his right thumb to secretly sliding the coin underneath the box.

Close Up Penetration Trick Secret

Then at 3:12, again his right thumb goes underneath the box to adjust the coin.

Then by 3:24, the coin is well out of the way, he places his right middle finger to hold up the coin from falling through.

Now he can make the steel ball bobbing up and down the hole, with his middle finger at the hole below the box.

At 3:34, he just removes his middle finger to drop the steel ball down onto the table.

Steel Ball Penetrating Coin Magic Trick Revealed

Immediately, at 3:37 he tilts the wooden box to his right, to slide the coin back into the hole.

Viking Magic Trick By Damir Djanis

Intangibility Prop Locking Mechanism

The self-locking system works like a push button switch; press to turn lock and press again to unlock it.

At 2:21, Rob Rand uses his right hand to push the Oriental coin towards the side of the box with the hinges to unlock it.

You can hear the clicking noise, as he presses the coin in, as indicated in the picture below.

Damir Djanis Trick By Viking Magic

After the demo, at 4:05 he locks back the mechanism, again by forcing the coin edge towards the side of the box with the hinges.

Likewise, you can hear the metallic ‘click’ sound.

Steel Ball Penetration Magic Trick

Psychology Of Intangibility By Damir Danis

The psychological illusion of this solid through solid magic trick is the principle of misdirection, to exploit your limitations of perception and attention.

It prevents you from realizing the method used to create the penetration effect.

One form of misdirection is when the magician performs two simultaneous actions, the presentation and the secret move seamlessly.

For this case, at the same time when the performer hasps (locks) the box, he tilts it, to displace the coin inside it.

This method of misdirection is explained in “Magic Of Ascanio Vol. 1: The Structural Conception of Magic” by Spanish magician Arturo de Ascanio.

But what you see is, the solid coin blocking the hole trapped inside the closed wooden box.

But when the steel ball appears to go through the coin, it causes you to experience an apparently impossible event.

If it is a successful misdirection, it could manipulate not only your perceptions, but your memory for what happened, or your reasoning about how the effect was done.


DISCLAIMER: This post is only for informational purposes.