Not sure either was never my business but HOST’S. But pulsating drops better than shimmering and is within 15 minutes up to 3 SS. So go out from at least half of that. That would be a secure smartstack so 900 orbs at the very least! of shimmering orbs within the 15 minutes time frame 
*that is, if you work with speedy tools/speed brews and starberry pie
Well this post is a necro from really just a few weeks after release.
The economy was in a bit of a shakeup at the time of course, and the meta for resources were pretty different from now, too.
I was being conservative with the numbers for the person who asked (first post, welcome 
) but yeah, it’s actually a lot easier now than it was when any of that was written.
There was a time when solo hunting mobs at T5-6 would net you some relatively nice coin. Now it’s trivial vs. the numbers rolling out of group hunts.