Abstract: A magnetic shield for drop lights with the shield on the rear side and magnets secured with respect thereto comprising a cylindrical handle having an exterior end and an interior end; an electrical light socket for receiving a bulb secured to the outboard end of the handle; a front guard formed of wires in a cage-like configuration positioned over the front half of the bulb for the passage of light therethrough; a shield on the rear half of the lamp and coupled to the front guard, the shield having an enlarged rectangular central plate centrally located in the rear thereof, the shield also having a pair of laterally disposed rectangular plates with their long edges secured to the long edges of the central plate with the side plates each forming an obtuse angle; the upper and lower ends of the central plate being formed with a trapezoidal type member secured at their interior ends to the upper and lower edges of the central plate and triangular plates coupling the side plates with the upper and lower plates; a