QVector erase does not accept output from qFind

class DirTreeModelItem;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{    
    QVector<DirTreeModelItem *> children_;
    DirTreeModelItem *placeHolderChild_;    
    auto it = qFind(children_.cbegin(), children_.cend(), placeHolderChild_);
    if (it != children_.cend())
    {
        children_.erase(it);
    }
}

1>C:\Users\drogers\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\ImageViewers\Phot\main.cpp(24,27): error C2664: 'DirTreeModelItem **QVector<DirTreeModelItem *>::erase(DirTreeModelItem **)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'InputIterator' to 'DirTreeModelItem **'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            InputIterator=DirTreeModelItem *const *
1>        ]
1>C:\Users\drogers\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\ImageViewers\Phot\main.cpp(24,25): message : Conversion loses qualifiers
1>C:\Qt\Qt-5.13.2\include\QtCore\qvector.h(238,21): message : see declaration of 'QVector<DirTreeModelItem *>::erase'
1>C:\Users\drogers\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\ImageViewers\Phot\main.cpp(21,1): warning C4996: 'qFind': Use std::find
1>C:\Qt\Qt-5.13.2\include\QtCore\qalgorithms.h(120): message : see declaration of 'qFind'
1>Done building project "Phot.vcxproj" -- FAILED.