how would you say “There we go!” meaning you got what you wanted, it’s there,
etc? and would “Lemme think...” just be 「そうですね…」？how would you translate that
in an informal setting?
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How to say “There we go!” and “Lemme think...”
These are all very difficult questions to answer. Japanese doesn't have direct
translations from colloquial English phrases, and vice versa.

"There we go!" the way you use it could be:

「やった！」 - sounds more like "[I] did it!"

「こっち」 - translates to "this [one/way/place/etc.]" and would be used to point
something out

「見つかった」 - translates to "found it"

「そうですね..」 is sort a general response when following along with a story in
conversation, or after hearing some potentially new information, or agreeing
with what someone says. It's sort of like "I see.." or "is that so..". It can
definitely also be used to ponder for a time before responding, but the
meaning isn't explicitly "Let me think"

If you want to simply fill in time similar to "uhm..." in English, you could
use 「えとー。。。」 or 「あのー。。。」. If you really need time to think, like you have to
calculate or check your calendar or something you could say 「ちょっと待{ま}って」 or
just 「ちょっと」 which is "Wait for a little bit"
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