rescanblockchain did the trick!  Unfortunately, the wallet is empty.  I knew it was to good to be true! :p

Thank you for everyones help.  The hunt continues!

Thank you for the responses!

- I checked the transaction ID on blockchair and unfortunately, there's nothing to be found.
- I also tried checking (i think) the right bitcoin address associated with the bitcoin core wallet and the balance is zero.  I looked up the "receiving addresses" under the waller.

I'm going to try rescanning the wallet later tonight.

Sorry, I know there's gotta be a lot of posts with similar topics, I just want to make sure my situation isn't unique. 

I'm on the constant search for old wallets and have successfully found some.  They're all in Bitcoin core.  I've downloaded the complete wallet (360+GB) and copied my wallet.dat files into the appropriate folders.  The wallet shows there's (barely) funds... but when I go to do a transfer it gives the error "0/unconfirmed, not in memory pool."  I've read this is either due to do a unsynced wallet (which I'm confident is not the case after 2+ days of downloads) or a insufficient transaction fee.  At first, I sent with the bitcoin core recommended transaction fee and after an hour,I doubled it.  It's now been roughly 2+ hours and still nothing.  Am I missing something here? Is it really supposed to take this long?

Side note, I believe I'm sending from a legacy address to a segwit.

Thanks for your help!

I really wish I did a better job managing/keeping track of my Crypto! haha  I have a lot of HDD's I want to scan through.

I was thinking about using the software mentioned above, but instead of downloading an open sourced piece of software and learning howto run/use it... I was thinking about getting some software that can recover deleted files on old hard drives and try to find either *.dat files (in hopes of wallets) and files named "utc".  I don't think I ever renamed my wallets or hid them.  The wallets are going to be original Bitcoin/litecoin and ethereum core.  This should be just as effective as the other program, right?  What am I missing?.. if anything. Other files I should be looking for?

I was an early adapter of BTC mining.  Like many posts on here... I've gained and lost my fair share of BTC's for the last decade and I'm now on the hunt for what I once had.  While I don't have an encrypted HDD that I can't remember my password to, I do have an old blackberry that I can't remember the simple screen lock code lol.. But that's not the point of this post/question!

I've learned my lessons (the hard way... FlowerTech, 50BTC...) and I'm now acting smart on how and where my crypto is stored.  But like many others, the hunt for old wallets is ongoing... it's a fun treasure hunt!

I've read some posts that state that there is software out there that can scan old drives for files that resemble wallets.  I know there's always risk, but is this true? If so, recommendations, insight, feedback?

Thanks!