Abstract: A magnetic sweeping device includes an integral non-metallic housing with a longitudinal slot containing spaced apart magnets, the housing having a streamlined shape with rounded ends and having a non-metallic semi-circular cylindrical cuff with a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the housing. In use, the housing is directed over, under or in contact with a surface which bears ferro-metallic particles or debris. The debris is attracted to the surface areas of the housing which are immediately adjacent to the magnets. When sufficient debris has been collected on the surface of the housing, the cuff is slid across the housings surface pushing the debris toward one end of the housing. Since either end of the housing has an area where there is a magnetic flux void, the debris will freely fall off the housing to be collected.