I got lucky. My guild moved to Galakrond a few days after the expac came out. I was already at about 420ish mining and had finished Howling Fjord area. The first day we got to Galakrond I was questing in Boreing Tundra and noticed Sholazar Basin on my map, I was only 72ish but desided to go explore. MY LORD! It was saronite and titanium heaven. I maxed my mining in minutes it seemed. I spent a few hours ( should have stayed there all day ) and had a full bag of saronite. tons of herbs on my herbalist. And a few stacks of titanium. I did not see anyone else in the zone the whole time! SO I was making titiansteel right away, and everyday after. I would hit that zone at night and farm the fire elementals in BT for my eternal fires. A few days later, our server was full and that zone was way too crowded.

So I had the helm, boots and shield before I dinged to 80 8) I have 8 bars left in the bank. Now I seem to fave the most luck farming titanium in Lake Wintergrasp on off hours 8) When its not time to fight for the keep, the place is mostly empty.