west texas finds

Brass container WWII looking found in West Texas... Only thing i can think of is maybe a match holder of some sort... Cant get the lid off but sounds like nothing is in it. The object is round, just a hair under two inches long and a hair over quarter inch wide. Weight is 12 grams. What is it...

This is my first time using the site, but my dad just purchased some property in west Texas next to big bend and i need help identifying a rock formation or fossil we have found out there. There are multiple so we were guessing it was a byproduct of the ancient volcanic activity or a fossil of...