Need help identifying.....

[bluedevil]

I found this in my front yard tonight just before it got too dark to keep digging. I was thinking it might be an old matchbox. It has a very tinny sound to it, doesn't ring like silver. There are no markings on the inside.

There was something inside it. A clump of very small, BB sized balls.

Took a pic with a tape measure for scale.

There are two halves. Inside on the left, outside on the right...

At first I thought it might be a handle for silverware, but it is hollow and I'm pretty sure it is made of tin.
Any ideas?

 

[Snowy]

Would those little balls be the size of whole black pepper?

 

[Voriax]

I think your guess it being a handle is probably correct. Likely it's been silverplated in the past.

Voriax

 

[bluedevil]

Yes they are. I tried to cut into one with a pocket knife, but they are metal.

 

[Snowy]

Interesting piece ... I'm curious what it could be...

 

[RickO]

It looks like a handle to an old carving knife... and they did 'weight' some with steel or lead shot.... RickO