Hi rookie,
(Don't feel bad. We all are rookies, quite often!)
It sounds as if the deleted files should be in that trashbox. Did you attempt to open the trashbox and see if it's there?
I just did almost the same thing. Deleted files, then realized my mistake, and now find that the trashbox had been disabled. So I've enabled it. But I don't see the trashbox anywhere. I deleted a throwaway file. Still no trashbox shows up.
Where do you see the trashbox? Does it show up as a folder within the Share folder, when you're looking at it with Windows Explorer (or whatever operating system file browser you're using)?
Hope this helps...even though it's been six months since you posted.
Cheers,
mike