A magnetic separator incorporating a rigid frame having left and right rails having longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal ends; longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal rollers respectively mounted at the left and right rails' longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal ends, the longitudinal roller having an interior cylindrical space; a multiplicity of magnets within the interior cylindrical space; a continuous loop belt mounted over the longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal rollers, the belt having a longitudinally movable upper flight, a longitudinal end, and a simultaneously oppositely longitudinally movable lower flight having a longitudinal end; a plenum mounted beneath the lower flight, the plenum having an air input port and having an air output port, the plenum's air output port being positioned for directing a flow of air toward the lower flight's longitudinal end; and an air impeller operatively mounted in communication with the plenum's air input port.