Wishing compass won't work 100% of the time, I'd say like 1/8 lobbies don't have MoD. A lobby closes if there are less than 4 people in it, so make sure to have 3 friends afk* when a lobby closes by day ~19. (Highest I've gotten without any friends is 26.8, I have no idea if there is a cap, probably 31-39 like Dwarven) One shouldn't expect the same fortune as you, considering you had +50 from SkyMall. From what I can tell, 1,993.41 is max.
was the 2050 with skymall on fortune? am at 1904 fortune without recomed mineral and no jade in my drill but even with that id only be getting another 87.5 which would bring me to 1990ish.