Just left by themselves in a colder environment, metals and ceramics and stuff get significantly colder to the touch than plastic objects or similar materials, like wood or cloth. Why?
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They get to the same temperature, but some items conduct heat more readily than others. If you took a thermometer and measured both, they would be the same if they have been left out for a good while. Metals are good conductors of heat, so when you touch cold metal, it absorbs the heat from your hand faster than if you would touch cloth. Since it’s taking the heat from your hand faster, you hand loses heat faster and it feels colder.
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