Pressure relief ball

[Steve kay]

This may be a silly question to which there will be dozens of "dead easy, just..." but having lifted engine to get access to oil pressure relief valve, removed cover and spring, I am now wondering how to extract the ball. Sticking a magnet over the end of the hole/cylindrical tube into the crankcase has not worked. Is there a quick and easy traditional method, or must the oil pump be taken apart to allow the ball to be pushed out from inside the pump?