4 ms·Scrap metal prices are nowhere near the peaks they hit in 2007.by h2odragon 3y agoScrap metal prices are nowhere near the peaks they hit in 2007.Analemma_ 3y agoMetal theft was soaring in 2007 too.h2odragon 3y agoMobile homes were losing their siding out here then. People's vacation trailers and anything else unguarded was likely to get got. Today the prices are low enough there's scrap iron piles rusting.