Trying from smaller coins is a good one. I last saw a POW coin called EPIC. You can try mining EPIC coins, the last price is $1 with the same supply as 21 million bitcoins. EPIC coins are privacy coins that can be mined. Source
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/epic-cash/It's something I hear of for the first time. I can offer a better variant. There is a good competitor, even without any investments as it's green mined - Crypton from Utopia p2p
https://u.is/en/currencies.html It's also a privacy coin that gained x8 in a week after the latest listing. Another great advantage is that it has its own decentralized no KYC exchange. I think it will be one of the leaders soon.