Yes, downloaded and see the folder with an icon (unlike the original/lost one which was a circle with an arrow pointing down). Followed the steps and the items in the Documents folder at Home do move into the folder you shared. However, the icon on the folder you shared vanished.
My love affair with Apple is more than 30 years old. I have the items from the lost Downloads folder in an ordinary folder in my Dock. Hmphf. I can learn to live with it, Roger.
(ps...in my Home folder, the Downloads appears with the old circle/arrow icon. When dragged to my Dock, it appears as a plain, ordinary folder holding the downloaded items. When testing and downloading items today, the items do go to that plain folder in my Dock. Flux. It is ok. An Apple thing is knowing that things change.
Sincerely appreciate your consideration and guidance, Roger. Go in peace.