Nails were so expensive, I had heard that people would sometimes burn buildings down to recover the nails. However, it appears this might by a myth: https

Nails were so expensive, I had heard that people would sometimes burn buildings down to recover the nails. However, it appears this might by a myth: https://historymyths.wordpress.com/2014/07/03/revisited-myth-19-iron-nails-were-so-valuable-that-people-burned-down-buildings-just-to-get-the-nails/ https://historymyths.wordpress.com/2014/07/03/revisited-myth...