Shark Tooth Scout Support

Shark Tooth Scout is currently in development for iPhone. This page will show an App Store download link when the public release is available.

Place the tooth on a plain, contrasting, non-reflective background. Show the full crown and root from directly above, use even light, avoid hard shadows, and keep the tooth clear of the frame edges. Scout will warn when the visual signal needs confirmation.

No. The photo helps Scout isolate the outline and estimate visible geometry. You then confirm field traits such as serrations, root form, cusplets, size, curve, and surface appearance. The result is an explainable comparison across reference profiles, not a black-box image probability.

Evidence fit shows how closely the traits you recorded align with a comparative profile. It is not the statistical probability that a species is correct. Tooth position, wear, breakage, local geology, and overlap between related sharks can change what a single tooth looks like.

Some isolated teeth—especially among requiem sharks—overlap too strongly for a defensible species-level identification. Scout reports conservatively when exact measurements, jaw position, locality, or additional references would be needed.

With permission, Scout uses one foreground location reading to match nearby stations from its bundled NOAA catalog. It then requests the next four days of high and low predictions for the selected station from NOAA and highlights a practical low-tide hunting window.

NOAA CO-OPS predictions primarily cover U.S. coastal stations. Location permission, station distance, network access, or temporary NOAA availability can affect results. Scout may show the most recently saved forecast when the live service cannot be reached.

Records and their saved photos stay in device-protected local storage. Goodale Studios does not operate an account or cloud service for Scout and cannot recover records after they are deleted or lost.

Open the record from Finds and choose Delete Record. To remove everything, open Scout Settings and choose Delete All Field Records. Both actions remove the saved records and their locally stored photos from the device.

No. Rules vary by beach, park, state, country, fossil type, and land ownership. Check current local regulations, stay on public access routes, never disturb protected sites, and leave wildlife and cultural resources in place.

Email support with your iPhone model, iOS version, Shark Tooth Scout version, the screen involved, and the steps immediately before the problem. Include a screenshot only if it does not reveal a private location or other information you do not want to share.