Tin containers are typically used to hold lots of items including food, medicine, and other goods. Find out which vintage tins to look for when thrifting.

You probably don't think that containers are worth much when thrift shopping, but you should definitely be looking for these decades-old vintage coffee tins.

While tins dating to the late 1800s and early 1900s are difficult to find in excellent condition, vintage tins from the 1920s through the 1950s are plentiful.

This vintage medicine tin is a wonderful example of how many great collectible tins that are out there waiting to be found by collectors. Photo courtesy of Judy D. Steele ...

I love the artistry in the round tin in my photo this week. The name of the tin is called “The Snowbird,” and it was made by Tindeco.

Daniel Weiss, 73, inside his “tin room” at his Mountlake Terrace home that holds the majority of his collection of about 1,400 vintage tins that he is selling. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald ...

Jenn Rigard, of Vintage Gilbert, creates new jewelry cut from old tins, which sometimes serve as decorations in her home and studio, as pictured on Oct. 13.

Alysha Boie takes everything from vintage tin containers to beer cans and transforms them into meaningful pieces of jewelry.