In 1984 Munksgaard furthermore identified the Tjele helmet fragment as the remnant of one of the only known Viking helmets, rather than the saddle mount it had been misidentified as for 130 years.
I 1984 identificerede Munksgaard desuden Tjele hjelmfragmentet som værende en del af den eneste kendte vikingehjelm fra Danmark, i stedet for det saddelspænde, som man havde troet i 130 år.