Well, I got really lucky this past weekend. Me and a friend decided we were going to check Fear just for fun to see if any golems were up...well, as soon as we zoned in we saw Fright and Cazic Thule shouting across the zone. A guild was already there clearing the zone, and I was the only Shaman in the zone. I noticed that one of the people there was someone I had been on pickup pop flagging raids with before so I sent her a tell and she said we could tag along and I could get my Tear!
After that, me my friend and some other guildies went down to CoM and Rak was already up at the top of the elevator so (no mages present) we all turned on our 2nd year veteran's ability, I turned in the Tear and we took him out without a single death...actually I don't think his AE hit a single person there. I resisted it every single time at level 68 with max resists.
Now, I'm the proud owner of the Spear of Fate! I know it's not much nowadays, but for me it was a big deal, hehe.