Starting Goldsmithing skill: 75.0
Skillup synth: Gold Gauntlets (cap 77)
Imagery Support: None
Equipment of note: Pluto's Staff
Direction: North
Location: Rosel's Armour Shop (K-8)
Moghancement: Powerful Fire
Moon phase: Darksday, Waxing Gibbous (64%)
75.0
4:57 Success.
5:12 Success.
5:28 Failed- lost the gold ingot, two Leather Gloves, +0.1!
My gosh, I skilled up! The bad streak is over!
75.1
5:55 Success, +0.1!
Yep. The bad streak is over (/joy)
75.2
6:28 Failed- lost a Cermet Chunk, a vial of Mercury, a pair of Leather Gloves, +0.1!
75.3
6:52 Success.
9:52 Failed- lost a Cermet Chunk, a pair of Leather Gloves.
10:06 Success.
10:20 Success, +0.1!
75.4
11:46 Failed- lost a vial of mercury, a pair of Leather Gloves, +0.1!
75.5
12:19 Success.
12:48 Failed- lost a gold ingot, a pair of Leather Gloves, a vial of Mercury, and a Cermet Chunk.
16:46 Success.
17:15 Success.
17:42 Success.
18:22 Success, +0.1!
75.6
20:17 Success.
20:35 Success.
Later in the day, I tried again:
Starting Goldsmithing skill: 75.6
Skillup synth: Gold Gauntlets (cap 77)
Imagery Support: None
Equipment of note: Pluto's Staff
Direction: North
Location: Rosel's Armour Shop (K-8)
Moghancement: Powerful Fire
Moon phase: Darksday, Waxing Gibbous (83%)
75.6
11:57 Success, +0.1!
75.7
12:15 Success.
12:42 Success.
13:02 Success, +0.1!
75.8
13:22 Success.
14:15 Success.
14:29 Failed- lost the gold ingot, two pairs of Leather Gloves, +0.1!
75.9
14:49 Success.
15:05 Success, +0.1!

Finally, Goldsmithing 76! ^^
76.0
16:47 Success.
17:05 Failed- lost two Cermet Chunks, a pair of Leather Gloves.
Doing the math, it took me 27 synths without yesterday's silliness, and 48 synths with. Either way, four stacks of Gold Ingots per level (at current prices, 5,600,000 gil) seems to be sufficient, with plenty of room for error, ala stupid, no-skillup streaks. -_-
Now, unfortunately, at that price, I only have enough money for three more levels...maybe I might just get stuck at Goldsmithing 79 after all. >_<
