Boxie Jr

I'm working on my 3rd job change quest. I am at the point where I am required to collect 10 spirit of earth from several zones. It seems that because I am too high a level (83) I do not get any drops from low level targets, for instance in Gate of Alker. I started a new character hoping that I could use the spirit of earth he collected. So I put it in my warehouse and transferred them into my level 83 character, but of course they didn't appear in the quest item progress list. What can I do to resolve this?