I've recently started shiny hunting for the first time! (Haven't played Pokemon since Gold/Silver). These are the shinies I've come across so far.
1. Farmed a friend's FS looking for an Abra. Went at it for about 4 hours, ended up finding a Shiny Male Espurr. Not abra, but not a bad first shiny.
2. Someone WT'd me a shiny Vanillite! =O
3. Chain fishing for Dratini, found a Basculin... and I'm glad I saw the shiny animation or I'd have never known!
Then, just this last weekend, I decided to hunt some guys that I am more attached to. My first hunt was for a shiny Mareep, via Hordes. I fully expected a Wingull instead, but lucky enough, I came across that sweet shiny Mareep within 90 minutes!
Then I decided to try to breed a shiny Ghastly. I went for the Masuda method this time (If you couldn't tell, I wanted to try all the methods out). Total IVs between parents was 10, so I was hopeful, but I did not expect to find a shiny, 5 IV Ghastly after only 75 eggs! The missing IV is Attack, its a Timid Nature... pretty much a perfect Ghastly for me. :3
Now I am using the Masuda method again, trying to breed a shiny Charmander. Just a hair over 200 of them hatched so far. Can't wait!
Oh, and what a great forum you guys have here!