Also new to this, looking forward to diving in to the world of mining. 
You would probably want to check coinye or dogecoin.
Dogecoin is in the "market" for couple of weeks now, easy to mine with the right hardware, and has a great community and pools.
Coinye is the hyped altcoin i have ever seen, this is his first day after launch and almost everyone here took a look or even started mining it.