Voldemort and his wand question

[Kimberly]

No: HPFGUIDX 93187

The text
(Voldemort speaking, GoF, ch. 33 pg. 653, US Edition)
"....I was ripped from my body, I was less than a spirit, less than the meanest ghost...but still, I was alive.  What I was, even I do not know... (skip some text)... Nevertheless, I was as powerless as the weakest creature alive, and without the means to help myself...for I had no body, and every spell that might helped me required the use of a wand....", etc.  

My question is this, during this time, where was his wand?  He makes reference to not being able to perform certain spells because he doesn't have his wand.  Where is it all the while when he is regaining strength and living only by inhabiting other people/animals?  Even at the end of SS, he is "weak as he has ever been".   That is a lot of years to be without his wand.   How does he get it back?   We know that he does because it is used in GoF to kill Cedric and then battle Harry.     Any speculation on this?      

If it's already been discussed, I apologize, just say so and I'll dig through the archives.    

Kimberly
 


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