Ok so I backed up the dat and downloaded your link, no wallet in there.
Where do I put the dat, newest version is not working
In windows, put it in the user\username\appdata\roaming\shacoin folder. In linux, home/username/.shacoin
Make sure that it, your shacoin.conf file, and wallet.dat are the only files or directories in there. Then start the wallet. It'll automatically sync to that file and create the others.
Another trick that sometimes speeds things up is to not put wallet.dat in there, but rather have it backed up until the wallet is fully synced with a new wallet file. Then delete the newly formed wallet.dat and put your original in, restart the wallet and it should all be good.
I was able to get the new wallet to sync after deleting the older version, I did back up the dat but have not moved it anywhere. It seems that everything is in the right order and am able to view the coins while wallet is currently minting. I hope that this will be good enough. I guess maybe I should back again?
Thank you so much for your response, I had started to fear the worst for a moment.