Nope. They're still used at the very least in the US and Germany. There are different versions of it - most common are probably a metal nail (if you have stone

Nope. They're still used at the very least in the US and Germany. There are different versions of it - most common are probably a metal nail (if you have stone or something else to anchor it in), a metal pipe (if dirt is all you've got) or a massive, pain-in-the ass to lug around stone. (My dad's a surveyor, and in my youth I was cheap labor. I still hate boundary marker stones :) It's AIUI not _necessary_ to have them, but if you have a property dispute, they come in handy.