By Shane Cobalt and David Kenney

EFFECT: In the bar the immensely popular conjurer is torn away from his sophisticated drink and is asked to perform one of his heavenly feats. He asks to borrow a lady's finger ring, a shot glass and a napkin. The items are placed on a table for all to see. The shot glass is wrapped in the napkin and given to a spectator to hold. The mystic stands a few feet away from the glass bearer, takes the ring and holds it on his bare palm. He closes his hand for a nanosecond, opens it and lo! The ring is gone! At that exact moment an audible CLINK is heard from the direction of the wrapped up glass. The napkin is carefully removed by the spectator holding the glass and in the glass is found the very ring that was borrowed from the lovely lady.

SETUP: The materials mentioned and your own finger ring.

PRESENTATION: During the course of events, slip off your own ring into a loose palm into a tiny “get ready.”

After laying out the objects on the bar/table pick up the spectator’s ring and switch it with your own and hand it to a gentlemen behind you or next to you. Tell him to hold this tightly so that nobody can get at it. He won’t open his hand or look inside to notice that you just handed him your own ring.

Now, you are going to want to wrap the spectator’s ring into the napkin in a “C” shaped fold where the bottom half of the “C” folds back again on itself underneath, rather like an “S.” The spectator’s ring is going to rest on that exposed shelf, so that if the napkin were to tip – it would slide out of its fold. The napkin then gets draped over the shot glass so that the ring and napkin shelf rest in the middle of the rim.

So from the bottom up, your set up should look like this: Shot glass, “S” folded napkin with spectator’s ring in the bottom most fold of the “S” held on top of the glass. Tip the glass slightly just to keep the ring from sliding out prematurely and hand the whole thing to the spectator.

Have her hold the glass and napkin with the napkin “edges” pinned down in her grasp.

Walk back and have the male spectator return your ring secretly and quickly “flash it” to everyone in the room (how you do this part, can be solely to you.)

Now, take a breath, because from here, the trick may need to be escalated. Chances are in the movement of your spectator she may cause the ring to fall and the audible clink occurs. If this happens, sleeve your ring into your jacket immediately and show your hands empty and smile. You can always have the gentlemen confirm that he did in fact hand you the ring. The package unfolds and the spectator reveals her own jewelry.

However, if your spectator does not move, and she is holding the glass perfectly still, concentrate a bit with a wild glare, this may cause her to fluster and shift her weight.

You need the ring to fall off the napkin shelf and land in the glass or this trick lasts until last call.

Ask, “Did you feel anything?” She says, No. “Go ahead an give the glass a shake and see if you do.”

Sleeve the coin as she shakes the glass and stand there with your fist loosely outstretched. As the coin drops you open to reveal your sweaty palms.

Let your arms drop to your sides and cup and catch your ring and secretly slip it back onto your finger.