I agree, I got 3 golds off the yeti's for the first orb quest I think.
So many gold's in Shing Jea, it's fun and funny at the same time since the gold's are probably not going to be max and will be pretty much worthless, save for a possible mod.
I've been farming there for a while now, the gold drop rate is outstanding and in most cases have perfect mods, have had several 20/20 sundering axe hafts, +30hp for swords axes and hammers and lots of staff bits and pieces.
yah when i first went out to farm orbs (d'oh) i was amazed at the rate of gold drops. it was as high as griffons used to be from what i remember, although non-max weapons.. o well, some upgrades can be good money.
and, in response to an earlier post, i have gotten an unreasonable number of serpent axe drops. one purple :P