Tom presumably travelled to the far-flung forest in Albania about which Helena Ravenclaw had told him, and retrieved the diadem. He murdered an Albanian peasant and turned the diadem into a Horcrux.
Why did Voldemort search for a long lost Diadem and turn it into a Horcrux. Did he previously decide to make it a Horcrux?
Note that there is no scarcity for valuable things in Hogwarts. He may have used the Goblet of Fire or Tri-Wizard cup or Quidditch World Cup or House Cup. There are many other choices.
Edit: One choice can be his own Medal For Magical Merit, which is in the trophy cabinet of Hogwarts.
Answer
Voldemort chose objects that he felt were important enough for the honour, and that linked him to his childhood in Hogwarts and his ancestry. Dumbledore explains this in Half Blood Prince.
"His pride, his belief in his own superiority, his determination to carve for himself a startling place in magical history; these things suggest to me that Voldemort would have chosen his Horcruxes with some care, favoring objects worthy of the honour.”
“The diary wasn’t that special.”
“The diary, as you have said yourself, was proof that he was the Heir of Slytherin; I am sure that Voldemort considered it of stupendous importance.”
He goes on to speculate that Voldemort wants relics of the four Houses to complete his collection.
“I can only guess,” said Dumbledore. “For the reasons I have already given, I believe that Lord Voldemort would prefer objects that, in themselves, have a certain grandeur. I have therefore trawled back through Voldemort’s past to see if I can find evidence that such artifacts have disappeared around him.”
“The locket!” said Harry loudly. “Hufflepuff’s cup!”
“Yes,” said Dumbledore, smiling, “I would be prepared to bet — perhaps not my other hand — but a couple of fingers, that they became Horcruxes three and four. The remaining two, assuming again that he created a total of six, are more of a problem, but I will hazard a guess that, having secured objects from Hufflepuff and Slytherin, he set out to track down objects owned by Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. Four objects from the four founders would, I am sure, have exerted a powerful pull over Voldemort’s imagination. I cannot answer for whether he ever managed to find anything of Ravenclaw’s. I am confident, however, that the only known relic of Gryffindor remains safe.”
So yes, Voldemort specifically went looking for the relics of the Hogwarts founders to make into Horcruxes, and managed to get three. He only abandoned this plan on his return, creating the Nagini Horcrux at the beginning of Goblet Of Fire.
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