I've tried using multiple recovery tools and I am unable to recover the wallet.dat file.
May i ask why you weren't able to find your wallet.dat file?
If you weren't writing hundreds of GB's of data onto your HD after deleting your file (today ?) it should be
easily recoverable.
The only reliable way to gain access to your coins is to recover the file.
Which software did you use to search for your file?
It is important to NOT use that disk anymore and make an 1:1 image (e.g. DD-like,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)).
Then use any recovery software you wish to search for your wallet.dat.. The chances are very high of getting your file back.
The more you are using your hard drive the lower your chance will be of recovering the file.
I tried using Recuva as well as a few others and nothing. After deleting the wallet.dat file I reopened Bitcoin Core which created a new wallet.dat file. Maybe this new one overwrote the old one? I'm dumbfounded myself as I thought these recovery tools were much more useful although this doesn't quite seem to be the case.
The Bitcoin files are on another drive and not on my C: drive. I thought this would make it even easier to recover but this was not the case. I am currently doing a deep scan with another tool and there's a few more hours left. We will see what if anything this brings us.