I agree. She's 10, an only child, motherless, and on the spectrum. Any two of the four of these characteristics is enough to bring out the naughty. I'm just breezing past Jim's tweets and praying people are being kind to her.

So the boys use iron to dispel ghosts a lot. What sort of iron do they carry around with them? I mean, sure Dean's got a crowbar, but do they take that inside on hunts? Chains? Pokers? How do they arm themselves ferrously? My plot bunny needs to know.

Iron filings in shot shells, iron-bladed knives, even something as simple as iron nails in your pockets, or tied by a cord as a temporary amulet kind of thing, bound to a fetish or a poppet. You can line the hem of a vest or jacket with iron filings, as well. Stealth-iron isn't hard to do.

Weapons are harder--iron's heavy, so lugging an iron-blade broadsword, not so handy. But yeah, prybars, tire irons, fireplace pokers, even shovels, all easy enough to do.

I vaguely remember (perhaps wrongly) from a C.J. Cherryh story where the steel weapons that were forged from iron were enough to hurt and wound and maybe even kill the fae.

Hey, I had a dream that I was in a Supernatural episode where somehow there was a flashback (ghosts. . maybe?) where we saw Giles' (I don't know why he was there - but wouldn't it ROCK?) - great, great whatever grandfather who was in an early 19th century British military uniform of some sort.

I don't think iron provides protection unless it's a sealed room, but it would be pretty easy to have all sorts of small iron implements one could use to temporarily dispel a ghost. A good old-fashioned iron wrench in someone's pocket wouldn't raise any eyebrows.

What's buckshot made of?

Apparently, buckshot is a size not a material - so it could totally be made of iron -- if needed.

Although, traditionally pellets (which are in shot) were lead.

Here is some iron shot.